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6. Breakdown of Polar Vortex

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Fri Nov 1, 2019, 11:17 AM

Nov 2019

The snow and cold we have had the last three Falls (last year we had many inches in September in Central WI) and long winter weather lasting well into April, are signs the Polar Circulation is falling apart. The cold used to self-contain itself, but as warm air displaces cold on the polar caps it has to go somewhere.

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