• Wavier jet stream 'may drive weather shift'
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[quote]New research suggests that the main system that helps determine the weather over Northern Europe and North America may be changing. The study shows that the so-called jet stream has increasingly taken a longer, meandering path. This has resulted in weather remaining the same for more prolonged periods. The work was presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago. The observation could be as a result of the recent warming of the Arctic. Temperatures there have been rising two to three times faster than the rest of the globe. According to Prof Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University in New Jersey: "This does seem to suggest that weather patterns are changing and people are noticing that the weather in their area is not what it used to be." The meandering jet stream has accounted for the recent stormy weather over the UK and the bitter winter weather in the US Mid-West remaining longer than it otherwise would have. "We can expect more of the same and we can expect it to happen more frequently," says Prof Francis[/quote] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26023166[/url] Video in the source. Pretty crazy how fast things are changing.
Maybe The Day After Tomorrow is slowly coming true :tinfoil: (albeit less dramatic and exaggerated).
oh BOY, can't wait for my conspiracy-nut friends to take this and run with it
Does this mean we get super long summers? :D
[QUOTE=ultra_bright;43935133]Does this mean we get super long summers? :D[/QUOTE] dunno brah, it might as well be another Ice Age for all we know. I can add that the weather's gone wonky on our side as well, we've had practically no rain in these parts between Oct. and Nov. last year. As far as water supplies go this summer, we're all fucked according to the weathermen and advisory notices.
Does your part of India have a monsoon season?
[QUOTE=ironman17;43935251]Does your part of India have a monsoon season?[/QUOTE] It does, but it failed. We had barely 15% of average precipitation here last monsoon.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;43935268]It does, but it failed. We had barely 15% of average precipitation here last monsoon.[/QUOTE] here in so cal, we have about 5% of our average, which is going to hit my lawn hard.
[QUOTE=ultra_bright;43935133]Does this mean we get super long summers? :D[/QUOTE] Well it's possible you get a longer fall and spring time weather. Which is at least what the past two years have felt over here. Summers which aren't that hot (and which are short) winters that generally feel like an extended slightly colder fall and a super long spring and fall.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;43937671]Well it's possible you get a longer fall and spring time weather. Which is at least what the past two years have felt over here. Summers which aren't that hot (and which are short) winters that generally feel like an extended slightly colder fall and a super long spring and fall.[/QUOTE] That's just your area, though. Here on Long Island we've been getting buttfucked by snow for weeks. It's gotten to the point where it's a legitimate concern that my college's current semester will have to be extended beyond the make-up days they usually anticipate (spring semesters here always set aside a few make-up days in anticipation of a snow day or two) because we've had so many snow days. My Biology class' lab course has been forced to skip an assignment because the snow days have interfered with the lab schedule. If you're anticipating longer falls and springs, then over here I'm going to anticipate longer summers and winters. EDIT: The weird thing is that a few years ago my area went through a winter without ANY snow at all. The only snow we got that year was in the fall (at the end of October, oddly).
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