The Crazy Phenomenon Causing Record Low Temps This Winter!

[@TwoBitDaVinci]

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[@snookmeister55]

​@@vardekpetrovic9716That's interesting because Globally this year will likely be the warmest on record.

[@mnemosynevermont5524]

The "tri-state area" is used in a number of places. Please be specific.

[@aprilbrooks1026]

keep in mind according to the Can-Sips model and CFS model we could potentially be in an Neutral phase or possibly an La Nina phase around the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season? which both models are still trending

[@Ominousheat]

@@vardekpetrovic9716That is absolute bs. It had its coldest recorded temp for a few decades years. That is not the coldest year. It's not even the coldest temp on record. It's way above it. And the coldest temp recorded this year was a wind chill temp. That is not ambient temperature. It's just how it would feel on the skin. Do proper research and stop listening to right-wing corporate rags for your metrological info.

[@Ominousheat]

@@vardekpetrovic9716 No it wasn't. 30.4 degrees C is not a cold temperature. Wettests I can believe but what has that got to do with years of starvation? You are just trying to make it sound worse. If anything, and I am positive this detail has completely escaped your uneducated brain, it's a concern for the mountains which will lose integrity because of ice melt. Whatever you think you are trying to do it's not working Vardek. You aren't a meteorologist or any sort of scientist and everything I read that is scientific record is contradicting what you are saying so please take your bs elsewhere. Idiots like you who are trying to convince others that they see a different trend to what is actually happening with the climate are simply put, monsters.; You try to convince others not to believe what they see and that is soooo wrong.

[@Wayne-yo6ej]

I have lived in Eastern Canada for almost 70 years. The polar vortex is not new and please don't leave viewers with your opening comment that "this has never happened before ".

[@kevindruce8915]

Correct. This is not a balanced presentation and i have now unsubscribed.

[@Kenny_Mars]

Just more fear porn to sell climate change.

[@RaiseTheBAWR]

Did you actually watch the whole video?

[@kevindruce8915]

@@RaiseTheBAWR I must admit I left after listening to 80% of it as it frustrated me. I will stick to the met office for this type of thing for now. I appreciate they are not perfect. All the best.

[@frankjoseph4273]

We is doomed. I'm chimping

[@johnhanson6039]

You did NOT have a Hurricane in So Cal. You did get the remains of one with gale-strength winds, which happens every 4-7 years there. It was strong but not unique. Further the number overall of strong storms hitting the US is DOWN, not up, Just look up the weather data from NOAA

[@snookmeister55]

Hillary First Tropical Storm to Hit California in 84 Years. Hilliary First Tropical Cyclone to Hit California Coast since Record Keeping Began in 1949. Yes, other tropical systems have affected California without making landfall.

[@snookmeister55]

An interesting statistic to watch is the number of billion dollar storms. Yes, adjusted for inflation. Another class of statistics is rainfall associated with tropical cyclones, such as those repeated 500 year floods at Houston and the system that broke the 24-hour rainfall record in every county of South Carolina while never making rainfall. What the unbiased usually notice in these statistics is a trend, a well known and generally acknowledged trend. The reason for these trends is well understood.

[@jeremyscherbert7336]

@snookmeister55 yes, not too complicated. As more people build next to the coast, and the population increases meaning there are more structures there... there is more damage to structures. 🤷‍♂️

[@jayrowe6473]

@@snookmeister55 And what is the reason for these trends?

[@snookmeister55]

@@jeremyscherbert7336 True, and as water becomes warmer, storms become more powerful. Similar changes lead to more moisture, therefore more rainfall. It's very simple and at the same time complex. The coast is well developed and has been for a while. See the trends.

[@ipp_tutor]

I was living in Princeton, NJ, from 91 to 93 and clearly remember that day. I was at a friend's house (I was only 7 or 8) and had to stay over because my parents couldn't get the car out of the snow. Best winter ever for a kid my age, but I guess lots of people had it rough.

[@hillbillyheadcam1729]

Blizzard of 93!

[@ipp_tutor]

Yea, exactly. It was crazy as hell, especially for a little kid from Venezuela 😛@@hillbillyheadcam1729

[@finleyscotland]

I was in Ridgewood NJ. That was an awesome winter!

[@chriseidam7319]

I lived in a three-flat in Providence next to another three-flat, with a narrow driveway separating them. I had to shovel that driveway while occasionally sprinting away from deadly roof avalanches. I hauled the snow to the curb in a large trash bin. I did that around sixty times. I was in great shape then, but it was still a monumental task. That was a lot of heavy snow, but it didn't compare to the Blizzard Of '78. That was on another level.

[@ipp_tutor]

@@chriseidam7319 That was quite the exercise, to say the least.

[@baneverything5580]

In the 1970s it was called an Arctic Cold Front.

[@reneeelias9514]

I remember that. The Polar Vortex has been around since the 1940’s according to my internet. So perhaps the weather people are trying to be more technical with us lay people. It is irritating that it was not explained so it sounds like some sensationalised made up thing.

[@mauricester]

the used to call it,,, the "hudson Bay Low"

[@sportyg725]

I remember it was known as the "Siberian Express". The weather was EXTREME, with high winds, and the change was so fast from rain to snow that we really did get "flash Freezing" it was instantaneous. Temps would drop 50 to 70 degrees F in like an hour. Everyplace was a sheet of ice, the defrosters in the cars couldn't keep the ice from forming on the windshield. Then the Lake Effect rolled in and buried us in feet of blinding snow for days on end. We had drifts completely over houses.

[@SmallWonda]

Good job - you're probably the third or fourth person I've heard warning of a bitter winter for the North, based on what el Nino is up to! - If it doesn't pan out, no harm done, but being prepared for the worst, as best you can, and being on your guard would be sensible. Keeping snow shovels, warm clothes, boots, snacks, water, flash light & kitty litter in your car, for example could be a life saver. Having run off a country road after snow in an unexpected ice storm on my way home from work one night, with no boots was a bitter lesson - back in the days before mobiles... Keep safe everyone, and be prepared!

[@ipp_tutor]

"...If it doesn't pan out, no harm done, but being prepared for the worst, as best you can, and being on your guard would be sensible..." Now, that's what I call a positive and constructive way to leave a message! Love it. I guess only those who have had it rough for not being prepared really know the value of preparedness and look beyond trolls' comments about how you can't predict anything with total certainty.

[@sundayrunday7586]

Can confirm. Polar Vortex collapsed. It is currently -39° C here in Edmonton. This cold snap began Tuesday and is due to end by Monday or Tuesday. It has been brutal.

[@scotpetri7630]

The stratospheric warming event 3 years ago decimated Texas with ice, snow and bitter cold. I live in Memphis TN. During that week we had about a foot of ice, snow and temps near zero. The entire city all but shut down for 9 days.

[@TheHandThatBites]

Sudden stratospheric warming happens before many events.

[@snookmeister55]

That's when the rest of the country learned what ERCOT is.

[@CHIEF_420]

​@@snookmeister55🌎 = 🙈

[@robinedwards8796]

The Day After Tomorrow

[@clackerlover]

Do you mean from the Hunga Tonga Hapai volcanic eruption?

[@HanYou2]

Thanks for this detailed explanation, it all adds up to why in the early months of winter we don't get much fluctuation and snow and then suddenly starting from mid january through march the weather oscilates a lot. In the past the oscilation was not lasting such a long time and the springs were more stable. I remember starting with the 2000s it became more and more difficult for my grandparents to plant vegetables and fruit trees started getting frostbites in the spring and produce less, because we started getting snaps of cold weather much later into the spring season, probably because the vortex collapse and its oscillations now reverberate for longer. I live in Romania

[@Calotcha]

Don't trust this guy. Someone is paying him. I won't even watch the video. He is biased.

[@HanYou2]

@@Calotcha thank you, you seem like a very reliable source of truth

[@TerryConspiracy420]

@@Calotcha Human activity does not impact Climate Change enough to change Nature. All human activity = only 4% of all atmospheric CO-2 production. Calling atmospheric CO-2 pollution = W E F Great Reset Agenda propaganda, not science. Who disagrees? (You?) Anyone?

[@ninjastriker6761]

Bringing up this subject without mentioning the sun even once is like talking about the effects of drinking beer, while focusing on barley and water, but never mentioning alcohol.

[@trafficjon400]

Ya,😅 Its Daring enough knowing Gullibles by the millions are easy Bait.

[@ATomRileyA]

The climate scam is pretty crafty in the way it presents itself, using upper air temp rather than ground temp to measure the effect the Sun has, but then comically they started using the ground temp to inflate the summer temps this year. Just crazy stuff its one of the best lies that a lot of people believe. I think we are heading into a little ice age, but that will have a lot of random weather which they will claim is to do with man made global warming but its just nonsense, look at the weather from 1300s onward's it fluctuated a lot and had lots of random strange weather with it being warm when it normally would not and also much colder in summer for example.

[@TeryTboneDavis]

Not to mention that he has the earth spinning backward!

[@Celticsfan10134]

They can't predict a storm 2 days away let alone months away.

[@falseprogress]

Brainless global warming deniers pretend it's impossible to make a connection between warming and destabilization of the polar vortex. They don't care to make ANY connections where AGW is concerned, being dumb ideologues, not knowledge seekers.

[@whatabouttheearth]

You obviously have never studied meteorology have you? 😂 I never get why those of you who are ignorant to science talk a lot of shit as if you don't have the scientific knowledge of a child.

[@iloveprivacy8167]

I'm going to make a point of carrying gift cards to local open-late coffee shop to give to unhoused people in this weather, so they'll have an excuse to spend an hour somewhere warm in this weather. Thank you for this reminder to stock up. 🙏

[@pamlove421]

There is a new gift card scam going on. I've seen stories out of Texas & California in the past few days. That's a very kind thing to do, just make sure you check out this new scam so you don't get scammed! Thank you for your kindness.

[@Kenchan1337]

i've seen what you describe in action over the past couple of weeks when warm air that goes from south america towards europe suddenly stops going east and instead either gets sucked back towards Canada or goes straight up north towards the north pole. After this happens the cold front over Russia / Scandinavia expends dramatically for a bit. So far what stands out to me is that even when this happens there's just too much heat so the effect is short lived and somehow gets overestimated by all of the weather forecasts.

[@MrChristianDT]

I think that's mostly because, every time the polar vortex broke its bounds between 2013 & 2020, we had an excruciatingly harsh winter that extended way further south than winter weather normally reaches. First few times, we got winters with Temps at -20 or -30F (-34 to -28C) almost every single day in Ohio, when normal winter temps are usually between 10-30F (-12 to -1C) I suppose there is no guarantee that it'll continue to keep doing that kind of damage each time, though.

[@ipp_tutor]

@@MrChristianDT That is true. Also, there's the fact that we don't have so much historical data on these weather patterns since we only started recording them accurately with the advent of satellite technology.

[@marsaeolus9248]

This aged like milk lmao. Even a slow polar vortex can't compete with the warm air. It's not 1980 anymore, the planet and especially the Northern Hemisphere is much, much warmer!

[@lancelange9377]

Everything I was told so far about this winter, was that we were supposed to be getting warmer air in Canada this winter. Made my depression about winter mellow out. This brings is back again in massive amounts. But I appreciate having authentic information.

[@odelldaniel7868]

you just have to accept winter and find ways to enjoy it...winter is beautiful

[@CC-iq2pe]

This makes me wonder if the mass of humid air in the upper atmosphere is the reason for this being so devastating. This makes a bunch of sense

[@pl7868]

I remember the blizzard of 77 here in Canada the snow was piled up almost as high as the electric lines on the side of the road and now we hardly get snow at all , o well maybe this year will get buried again 🙂

[@buckybarnes3803]

In Cleveland Ohio we were also buried back then

[@pl7868]

@@buckybarnes3803 I was in Kingsville ont so just across lake erie from you , got in a pile-up in a whiteout on the way to a job interview driving a volkswagon and spent the next weekend changing the body it was totaled but the motor was safe so found another body for a hundred bucks and ended up getting the job 🙂 o and the volks didn't have a heater so you had to think warm thoughts or something lol

This old VW mechanic from Northeastearn Ontario, can relate.@@pl7868

[@snookmeister55]

During my lifetime, winters have become comparatively mild in the Southeast US.

[@pl7868]

@@snookmeister55 Yep when i was young in the 60's 70's there was always few feet of snow on the ground now almost nothing

[@Bushman9]

Well, that helped. As a Canadian I was confused by the warnings of a polar vortex collapse/cold winter occurring simultaneously during a potentially strong El Niño, which of course brings warmer weather. Thanks for making the connection.

[@mahande88]

Well, Nino doesn't necessarily mean a warmer winter. It does for some places and not for others. It depends on what the tendency already is. For instance, El Nino makes for more warm water near Southern California and so it creates more rainfall than normal, but a stronger sub-tropical jet stream makes for fewer and weaker hurricanes in the Atlantic.

[@malectric]

In the Southern Hemsiphere (New Zealand where I live), here on the West Coast at the bottom of the North Island, things are already drying out badly thanks to a lack of rain and a nightmare stream of Northwesterly winds.

[@mauricester]

we just lived tru 3 years of EL Nina,, which was unprecidented ,,, go figure????

[@mahande88]

@@mauricester Yes, which is evidence against a warming planet.

[@WitchidWitchid]

I always hear the El' Nino brings warm mild winters and La' nina brings on the bitter cold freezing winters. Where I live (on the northeast coast of the USA) we have had some out coldest winters during el'nino years and some of out mildest in la' nina years. And vice versa, sometime El' Nino years are very mild and La nina years are very cold. It is so inconsistent that I am beginning to think there is no correlation between warm winter weather or cold winter weather and La Nina or El Nino. Right now it looks like Dixie Alley is poised for some January tornadoes.

[@CandyGirl44]

Down here in Gauteng, South Africa, we are having a real mixed bag! We had light snow and black frost in winter for a day or 2, the rest of winter was fairly mild, with mozzies only disappearing for July. There is no Spring any more, just a series of heatwaves. Previously, it used to be hot, then a massive thunderstorm would come around 3, possibly with hail as well as rain for an hour, then it would be hot again. Now we are seeing weeks at a time of heatwaves with a bit of rain inbetween. We are hoping for more rain, but not all dumped on us in one day, causing considerable flooding last December - one of our biggest tourist attraction, the Sterkfontein caves, were closed right until recently, we need to check whether they have reopened yet, it's been very disappointing for our overseas guests.

[@louisfrank6918]

I believe the earths.rotating in the opppsite direction it should be rotating from left to right the globe was reversed for part of the video

[@AlexandreLollini]

A short cold end of March on Eurpoe can kill all fruit production industry. 3 nights are enough. In this video you explained atmospheric circulation wonderfully. Just one missing point at the beginning : top of clouds equator are 17000m while at the poles it's 10000m this altitude difference, helped by Earth ovoid shape drive the equator to north pole natural gravity slope for air direction. Convection make hot air go up, and Coriolis effect deflect its trajectory. There is also some effect from mountains. This is why all in the south is not a miror of the north, south pole is ground surrounded by sea, while noth pole is sea surrounded by ground. But overall your version is one of the best available on youtube. (and presented in a compact enough form)

[@DavidHalko]

Great additional info!

[@axeldread2979]

Sweet! Best news I have heard on this winter, yet! Thanks for the update! This ski season may not be a bust after all!

[@odelldaniel7868]

I'm with you, this is great news, I'm an ice fisherman living in Ohio.

[@jamesclaytonbowman5977]

I've heard that overall, meteorologists are anticipating a warmer than usual winter in the middle & northern tier of the US, wetter in the southest, but with the possibility for occasional jet stream disruptions that could harshly punctuate from time to time.

[@kalasmournrex1470]

yea it’s an El Nino year, so it all hinges on the jet stream

[@niels9066]

Polar vortex normally has waves to it called Rossby waves so it isn't so perfectly round. And then yes periodically breaking down sending cold air south. As pointed out this happens from time to time. No big alarmism. Just 'weather'.

[@karinbinnie1862]

My family lived in Lima, Peru from 1961 to 1965. Everyone told us about El Nino "every seven years". We all thought it was just a local phenomenon that affected the western coast of South America, but no one realized that it was the engine that drives the world's weather. In those 5 years we had 1 weak El Nino and 1 strong one. And we were told that every 50 to 100 years there could be a Super Nino and the flooding could destroy a civilization.

[@DavidHalko]

I’m glad they you folks tracked it over the history in your local civilization, for the sake of the world! ❤

[@ki5rllthreedronefour85]

Lets remember to come back to this video next February!

[@JK-zw8ec]

Significant variations during winter are the norm. Diaries from early settlers in the Montana Territory (1860 to 1889 statehood and 1900) tell of both mild winters and bitterly cold winters and very wet winters and very dry winters. The takeaway is - be prepared to handle the extremes.

[@kalasmournrex1470]

I’ve been told weather didn’t exist before people drove cars

[@outthereindustries7413]

Great graphics & explanation, thanks.

[@truetech4158]

So there you are on a merry go round, and you smell a fart that follows you in a vortex because of the venturi effect, and you realize, that fart came from that kid on the innermost segment of merry go round wolfing back handfuls of cotton candy after the chilidogs.The winds of dietary change. Watchout where the chilidogs go and dont breathe in that yellow air pocket!!

[@henrycarlson7514]

Interesting , Thank You. Being prepared is a good thing

[@sebastianwrites]

I think remember scientists being really worried about this quite some 'years' ago, before they were sure, and right back then, they were incredibly concerned. We used to get a "lot..." colder winters in Britain, so I don't really agree with you on this aspect of it. And shocking if that's true that our average winter temps are now only 2-7C? Yes, I'm "not" doubting the truth on polar vortex's, but still winters on average used to be far colder than they are now.

[@snookmeister55]

That's my experience and I've long been a close observer. Measurements also confirm warmer winters now.

[@sebastianwrites]

It all started changing 'drastically' around 1984@@snookmeister55... I think? It certainly wasn't before 82. If you look at world economic growth, that's when it really starts taking off around the world... there's a direct correlation between when the poorer countries such as China etc I think start recording higher growth. I did see a chart for this, and the correlation was remarkable!

[@marlomontanaro3233]

Saying "this winter that is about to change" and "the consequences will be pretty bad" along with many other absolute statements about bad things happening in even the near future is absolutely irresponsible. Engineering is great, I'm one too. But we're not meteorologists. And forecasting this stuff is exceedingly complicated and prone to massive errors. This video is a considerable simplifcation- great for understanding the forces at work, but not remotely up to snuff on predicting the upcoming weather anywhere.

[@CoryMckinnonHandle]

In Canada we call this “winter”.

[@taiwanjohn]

Not to nitpick, but... you've got the southern jet stream going backwards. Both of the jet streams (north and south) flow from west to east. The difference is only in your point of view. If you're "above" the earth, looking down at the north pole, then the jet stream appears to be flowing counter-clockwise; whereas if you're "below" the earth, looking up at the south pole, the jet stream appears to be flowing clockwise. However, in both cases the flow is from west to east, because that's the direction the earth rotates, which drives the Coriolis force, etc.. Then again, as I watch more of the video, I see that your animations are simply going backwards in many places. Such as the earth rotating east-to-west at 5:18 or the hot/cold air flows at 3:42...

[@stevenfraser6180]

Quite right. West to East in both locations.

[@paulthing]

That was the best 'Coriolis effect' explanation I have seen. Your videos are always really good. Thank you for sharing

[@oregonxyz]

I learned the Coriolis effect with a basketball example, but it is the same thing.

[@MikeHenderson001]

It would be better If the globe were rotating in the correct direction.

[@TheHexCube]

Awesome channel. Thank you. I love how you say '2 bidavinci'!

[@scottthomas6202]

This is the best, concise explanation of the polar vortex and its potential effects I have ever heard...

[@junkerzn7312]

Notice that in the U.S., the most severe weather from these sorts of disruptions occurs mid-content and the north-east corner. And the mid-continent weather can drop all the way down to the southern tip of Texas. And that ignores the hurricane danger that seeds in Africa. The west coast is moderated by the Pacific Ocean, but the Atlantic is much narrower as well as on the other side of the cyclic weather patterns that develop. For example, hurricanes in the northern hemisphere rotate counter-clockwise, but that means that east-coast weather systems crossing the Atlantic have the potential to reinforce cold air masses to the north and bring them down. The dreaded "nor'easter". On the West coast, however, that same rotation tends to reinforce warmer air masses from the south. But now look at the Pacific ocean... as you move north, the Pacific gets cold very quickly, so warmer air masses brought in from the south are pretty much guaranteed to get broken up as they move north. Which is what happened to the Typhoon that almost made it to San Diego. It turned into a tropical storm very quickly in the space of just a few hundred miles and was already essentially breaking up by the time it impacted California. The west coast is thus fairly well moderated by both storm rotation and the Pacific ocean. As you move north, cold weather systems from Alaska gain more penetrating power, but they hit a roadblock due to storm rotation and have a fairly difficult time moving southward unless they come in over land from the north rather than over the Pacific ocean from the north west. The east coast doesn't have this synergy. The Atlantic tends to reinforce cold weather systems coming from the north and north east due the storm rotation which means that disruptions of those northern weather systems can wreak havoc. And the same goes for mid-continent storms. Without water to moderate the storm, a broken jet stream and allow systems to go straight through the center of the country all the way to the southern tip of Texas... which is what happened during the Texas Freeze a few years ago. -Matt

[@aaronburdon221]

I remember that storm in 2012 and 2013. That sucked because the roads were pure ice sheets for like a week and a half. Literally 10 miles an hour down the roads and you still occasionally fish tail. I had to go to college. I just let it roll. Didn't press on the gas after the initial acceleration from a dead stop. Had to take turns wide and slow. I'll be putting some kitty litter in the back of my truck now because that back end is light and I got stuck once that winter. 2 guys helped me get it out of a snow drift thankfully.

[@kalasmournrex1470]

I distinctly remember driving a gmc sonoma 10mph and still sliding into the middle of an intersection

[@gaitskell]

At 5:20 and 6:15 in your video the animation discusses the Coriolis Effect on Earth. In the animation the Earth is shown rotating in the wrong direction. The Earth’s surface should be moving towards the east (to the right as viewed in the video). Thank you for your work on this topic.

[@erikkaareson6493]

Yupp I thought something was wrong there.

[@bearlemley]

Yea, that should make this younger to edit the video, I hope.

[@brianpartridge5654]

8:30 and

[@carlmelville]

Completely geeked out on this. Excellent job. thanks.

[@nickfosterxx]

The way I picture the increased waviness of the jet stream is that with polar amplification (temps at the poles rising faster than elsewhere) the temperature difference between the poles and the equator is less, so the jet stream, like a river of air, sees a less steep slope, and like a river, will meander more. Fwiw Jennifer Francis was the first to publish on how this affects extreme weather in 2012.

[@TheHandThatBites]

Also, look at it like a fan belt. When the fan belt is clean and cool. It performs well. As the fan belt warms up and becomes dirty, it slackens and doesn't work as efficiently. That's why we see bigger Rossby waves. A warmer climate holds more moisture, slowing the jet stream, causing bigger rossby waves.

[@flickwtchr]

And unlike this video, Jennifer Francis's research is about the effects of global warming caused climate change and how it is weakening the jet streams, in particular since 2012, which happens to coincide with a large increase of methane being released in the Arctic.

[@GregMcCombs]

I love how you worked the ad for Beam into your life and into your video.... smoothe!!!!

[@MichaelChanslor]

Thanks again for all your hard work and research to bring us this information.

[@exploringim6191]

Agreed. Even if you're just google searching, it sounds like you had to put a lot of links together and connect a lot of information. That would have been hard work! You're doing lit, uwu

[@Calotcha]

But is he a scientist, meteorologist? After all, from his other videos, i know he is biased. It's as if he's working on behalf of an organization that wants to lie to us.

[@Rancid-Jane]

Looking forward to it. We really need some cold and snow up here.

[@ipp_tutor]

Awesome video! Thanks for your hard work and research!

[@Mentorman63]

Bam. It's happening in two days in my area, Michigan. 12 Jan 24 At least we have Lake Michigan to warm the air. Our temps in west Michigan are usually ten to fifteen degrees warmer than directly across the lake in Wisconsin. Of course that means we get several inches of white fluffy Lake Michigan falling on our heads...and roads...each day.

[@sampettit1172]

I personally want to thank you for your time and effort in creating this video. It was very informative without a political bias being crammed down our throats, for that I appreciate it very much.

[@bighaasfly]

Wow. That’s a heck of a shadow you got going there!!😯😄 If they gave out prizes, you’d get a ribbon for sure.

[@ReikiTabi]

Someone addressed the elephant in the room.

[@bighaasfly]

@@ReikiTabi 😄

[@thomasbuzzi3234]

Thank you! I have heard lots of info about "the polar vortex" yet could not really explain its effects to my friends. Your demo with the top was excellent! The tie in with El Nino was finally clear also! All in all a very good 15 minutes spent watching a well done dissertation. Five stars! I stumbled onto this site and have just subscribed.

[@ipp_tutor]

Likewise. I had already watched the video on the super El Niño and only vaguely understood the connection to the polar jet stream and how that impacts winter weather. Now I get the whole thing. Nice to binge watch and learn new stuff along the way, makes me feel like the smartest guy in the room when I'm with my friends, LOL

[@Nanno00]

I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near Lake Superior. Last year we had over 220 inches of snow and I loved every inch of it. So far this year, we’ve had less than an inch!!!! I’ve been really bummed and it looks like we won’t even have a white Christmas 😢. But with this polar vortex collapse coming, maybe we’ll at least get a good amount of snow in 2024.

[@13thravenpurple94]

Excellent video 👍 Thank you 💜

[@ck868ck]

Thank you for the info I'm glad it's going to get cold. It needs to get cold. Bring on the cold and snow. The recently warmer than normal temps for my area is disturbing

[@nusu5331]

very interesting Video, thank you!

[@gerhardgroen]

A remarkably clear explanation of complex processes, congrats! Makes me wonder what will happen here in the Netherlands, this winter!!

[@TeryTboneDavis]

Seriously? Did you notice the direction of the Earth model rotation? It's backward. Do you have that much faith in the theory of someone who makes such a large and important mistake with detail?

[@john-or9cf]

Best thing you said was “no … model can accurately predict…’

[@UncompressedWAVmusic]

An exciting adventure of many live or die senarios guestimates so have a drink and chill. Very exciting I was almost on the edge of my seat on the videos journey. What a ride. Thank God I lived!!!

[@joshuacarlton1386]

Check the weather patterns for Febuary 2011 in OKLAHOMA. We had temps of -5 & lower statewide. Vinita, OK where I live hit -35, however we don't have a weather reporting station as does Nowata where -31 was recorded. That temp officially became the coldest day in Oklahoma history

[@ReikiTabi]

I remember that. My railfan brother actually stayed home from videoing trains that day up there.

[@brettrace]

A good test for all those heat pumps that I'm genuinely interested in installing, but have no illusions that they'll make life easier

[@tsalvo9290]

this has happened, and it constantly happens. I've seen -30 in the midwest due to this.

[@calvincheney7405]

You have failed to account for the weakening magnetosphere which is causing the meridional flow of the jet to become altered from the zonal flow we've enjoyed through the majority of the interglacial period. The meridional allows deep, cross equatorial oscillations, pressure systems to be stalled, atmospheric rivers concentrating precipitation & extreme hail events. Another aspect of the weakening magnetosphere is super lighting....

[@Leggir]

I hope we get cold weather soon, it's been so warm here we're only getting rain and no snow. In fact most of BC is experiencing the same problem.

[@gags730]

Do yourself a favor and go look at historical averages for the month of December. December is not actually as cold as most people think...it's Jan and Feb when the nasty stuff really comes.

[@ericwood1942]

The earth is not a system in isolation. It is part of a much bigger system where the sun is (lacally) the biggest, but not the only, influence. Observation has shown that the jet streams are more stable (less variable) when solar activity is at its highest. Currently, jet streams are highly variable, when solar activity is approaching maximum, so what else is changing that would skew expected data

[@kevinheise7]

Up here in Ontario, we're having a very mild winter. Still no snow on the ground where I am, and that's expected to carry through the season. Also, it was a very mild summer. I work outside, so while the media was talking about it being the hottest summer ever, I wasn't feeling it at all.

[@DavidHalko]

South of you, they normally see the coldest times in the start of the New Year 🌨️❄️☃️

[@gags730]

Most Decembers are actually mild. For some reason so many people think December is like the coldest and snowiest. I think Christmas has something to with that we have a picture of that snowy Christmas in out heads. Its Jan that gets cold and then going into Feb when the weather seems the worst.

[@kevinheise7]

@gags730 I agree! February is by far the most depressing time of the year for weather. Even now, we might go several days without seeing any sun. You lose a couple gears, even with a vitamin D supplement. Cheers!

[@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK]

I live in the UK and it's nice to get a bit of snow now and then. Not good for all those people who freeze though of course.

[@erusum]

EPIC episode mate. Pls more meteorology and weather science content!

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

I think the idea of a collapsing polar vortex was the inspiration behind the movie "Day after tomorrow"

[@TheVernon52]

What you don't mention in this video is what the beaufort Gryer in the arctic is doing. it's looks like it is finally starting to release it's freshwater melt buildup and that can slow down the AMOC and cause a disruption in the polar vortex big time!.

[@rayb8949]

Its so cute seeing someone try to explain an impossibility

[@sgibson4115]

I love how you bring detailed, logical explanations, and YT brings a lot of point-blank statements.

[@leighz1962]

**YT brings blank points

[@kalasmournrex1470]

YT thinks the UN are scientists

[@Dara-ih6jq]

As a Floridian, I take offense that you call the storm that hit so-cal a hurricane lol, You got hit by the remains, of a dead hurricane. That was not a hurricane.😅

[@fluxcapacitor2023]

Great videos. If you liked learning about polar vortexes, I think you’d like learning about the thermohaline circulation system.

[@ipp_tutor]

Very true!

[@johnnyfercik2455]

We need the deepest snow ever at the 4 Corners so bring it on Mother 🙏🙏 Nature 😊😊

[@mrdkoser]

Ricky, off topic question... can you list or share the hanging rope lantern lights you have in the background? I'd love to get some too. Lol. Your show is helpful and love the different takes on new tech and information! Love it! ❤

[@Jppnametaken]

Should be relatively easy to DIY or ask someone handy to do it for you.

[@raymiller5738]

Hi from Latude -28 degrees, we have just experienced a week of super thunder storms up the east Coast of Australia caused in part by essentially doubling of the avaible energy to storm formation. A pool of cold air escapped the Anartic and supplied the bulk of the energy feeding into thunderstorms. So we have had severe flood events and high tornado super cell storms doing unprecediented damage for over 3,000 km. So the both poles in both summer and winter are causing extreme weather events. The level of damage caused to infrastucture, housing and environment is becoming hard to imagine yet we all need to be able to cope.

[@indrekkpringi]

I've been living in northern Quebec for 17 years and apart from milder winters... there have been no big winter cold events. This is because of being close to Hudson's Bay; which acts as a buffer of water to any storms or cold air coming from the north. Other parts of America have huge winter climate events, but here, things don't change much.

[@georgehouston7596]

Well it has changed this year cuz cold blast has literally hit much of south and into northern part of Mexico and you think that not much of change??? I recently did long study on these stuff guess what we're in the brink of Climate shift not climate change that means Ice age in usually same place this happens many times in past and it happening again this year possibly.

[@indrekkpringi]

@@georgehouston7596 Climate shifts are dependent on the sun: Not on variables on the earth. Ice ages coincide with solar minimums. Warming periods coincide with solar maximums. These cycles are determined by sunspot activity. The more sunspots the more radiation the sun emits. The less sunspots the less radiation. I forget where the solar cycle is now and I don't care because the cycle hasn't changed in billions of years and is not going to change in the near future. If you want to research solar cycles and sunspot activity you will be able to determine whether the trend is towards cooling or warming.

[@PrincessTiffie]

1st video of yours I've watched. Great presentation and very interesting. It sorta felt like we're learning about the polar vortex with you rather than just facts about.

[@adriankalitka3762]

As a Polish person, I'm tired of hearing about the North and South Poles. I'm from the East and I think it's about time we start talking about the Eastern Poles. It is almost 2024 after all

[@ReikiTabi]

Hardeeharhar😂😂

[@hadassah2998]

That sounded complex. A very interesting video.

[@beverlyhutchinson6117]

Very educational

[@skaltura]

TL;DR; Weather. On other news, here in Northern Europe we've been having the coldest november/december in a long time. awesome weather infact, instead of wet and dark, strongly freezing, snow. Looks nice, and rather calm, all the snow makes for better mood :)

[@LetsTakeWalk]

Local weather does not negate global trends.

[@flickwtchr]

Climate and weather aren't the same thing.

[@patrickperzynski4221]

The last time we had a drought relative to El Nino was in the winter of 88/89. The winter of 89 was cold enough but, snow was never deeper than 4 inches. Total precipitation was less in 89 than 88. 88 was the year Yellowstone but down. Wis did not see any rain between may 11th July 10th. Temps were mid to high 80's and 20 to 25mph wind 3 times a week.

[@TedToal_TedToal]

I think you left out the most important part of this whole thing: that climate change due to fossil fuel burning is driving increasing temperatures in the polar regions, and increasing the likelihood of polar vortex collapses.

[@Mandolin1944]

@TedToal_TedToal That temperatures are increasing globally is FACT -- but the pronouncement that fossil fuel combustion or even CO2 atmospheric concentrations are the only or even main reason for rising temperatures is CONJECTURE. Suggest reading Judith Curry's new book, Climate Uncertainty and Risk: Rethinking Our Response (FYI: she is the former chair of the Department of Atmospheric Physics and Climate at Georgia Tech). Excellent read.

[@TedToal_TedToal]

@@Mandolin1944 the heat balance equation is awfully simple and it's saying that doubling the CO2 in the atmosphere is going to warm the planet.

[@coreym162]

Not Climate Change. Mass ignorance. You sound young. Anyone under 40 knows nothing about how Mt. Saint Helen's ruined the weather for decades. Hunga Tonga in January of 2022 was worse. The eruption destroyed the whole island. So, how do you think that's going to unfold? I predicted the atmospheric rivers and record snow for my planned trip to Yosemite 8 months in advance for April in late August of last year to see the record waterfalls and I was more right than I knew. The next week lodging was closed because, the valley flooded. I so dodged a huge bullet planning that trip. Climate Change is a myth that is repeatedly debunked and the effects people blame on it can often be backed up as started by something else. Climate Change is an internet meme that got out of control. Please pay attention in school. If they even teach anything anymore...

[@TedToal_TedToal]

@@coreym162 It is you who are ignorant. I'm 70.

[@WeatherWatcher14]

Great information! You have my approval as a Weather Tracker 😂👍🏼

[@mikenyc1501]

I just want to point out the fact that I'm in my late 40s and I have lived through all of the ones on that list except for the 1800s one. Admittedly, I was only a year old for the 1877 one, but my parents and my older siblings discuss it often. It's a matter of fact, the joke was that there were a lot of babies born the following year, including a good friend of mine who is a 2 years younger than I am. The point being that it's really not that big of a deal. I grew up near West point and you know we've had 20, 30 inches of snow. The truth is I think the one is real and I think we get less snow there now than we did in the 70s and 80s. Certainly then in the 80s that I remember and it's not that big of a deal. It's like okay, we'll have some extra snow. Make sure your snow blower is good. Make sure you're generator is good. That kind of stuff. Folks. This isn't a big deal. Get some emergency food for a couple days

[@john-or9cf]

1877? Man, you got me beat and I’m OLD!

[@LuisSierra42]

@@john-or9cf I got scared when I read that

[@robert-zg8or]

I lived in South dakota. Several years ago, we had an overnight low of 51 below zero with the high for the day of 50 below zero. 3 days of this.

[@DavidHalko]

Dude… 🥶

[@robert-zg8or]

@DavidHalko tha was the coldest I've ever been. Lol, never again, I moved.

[@jpoppiejaun35]

I really like your videos, you get right to the point without a bunch of fluff

[@clackerlover]

The entire video was a bunch of fluff

[@gardengatesopen]

@clackerlover Speaking of fluff... Does this guy wear charcoal colored make-up on the lower half of his face?? Does anyone here know? I've never seen this guy, or his channel before. And tbh, forget the weather! I only kept watching just to try to decide if his "beard look" was as fake as my 1st impression thought it was. I gotta say, I think it does look fake. Personally, I don't think it's a good look. He looks a bit like a cartoon to me... But, to each, his own. I'm not trying to be judgy, I'm just curious as to how it could possibly be real ! I've never, EVER, seen anyone's beard grow in so smooth, and even, like that. But then, I've not met every single person on the planet! Which is why I'm asking y'all, is it real super smooth stubble??? Or Is it make-up related? Or Maybe - It's tattooed like that?!! (Gosh, I hope not!) What's the scoop y'all????? Definitely a fluff question!!!

[@claylarson3021]

I have been reading over the last couple of days that the El Nino is rapidly dissipating, so if true and given what this video said we should have few worries about Polar Vortex disruption this year!

[@GodzillaGoesGaga]

Fascinating! Thanks for a very well put together video and all the research that went into it. Very enlightening !

[@trafficjon400]

Ya, Fascinating how many Gullibles are easy bait.

[@AquaMalik]

This is so bogus I live in Canada and this is normal winter weather.. please stop lying about made up catastrophes for clicks..

[@_tor]

I live in canada and miss the snow. Its December and we haven’t had a snow fall yet.

[@kylequinn1963]

Idk where you live but it just snowed two days ago in southern ontario lol

[@stephenskinner3851]

The northern jet stream always wobbles because there is a large obstruction in the form of the Rockies. In addition the Coriolis affect acts on the jet stream disturbing it's orderliness.

[@vedadrokkor]

so no global warming this year...what will politicians talk about now.

[@kearseymorton2078]

educate yourself, i am begging you

[@2bposedny]

Is cold cause the ice is melting due to the warm temperatures

[@tims9434]

Too right, question everything

[@jeremyscherbert7336]

In the US, How their opponents are Hitler, end of democracy, Russia interference, Jan 6th, plenty of talking points.

[@tims9434]

​​@@kearseymorton2078lmao 🤣 sounds like Greta

[@iam5085]

Commenting from Northern-Europe, it's a bit colder now than in typical December-January (about 10c colder), latest week we have had -25-40c temps here in Finland, Norway/Sweden has had a lot of snow rain, one motorway was even closed and people were stuck for days. Record low has been -51c in Finland, we are almost there, therefore this is not a typical winter. It remains to be seen how it will evolve, fun to witness. Next week we are supposed to have around -2 to 0c, quite a change. At the end of January of 1999 we had a week where temps were between -45 and 51c, so the colder period is likely still coming.

[@buckybarnes3803]

Also, and more importantly, how will the Cybertruck be able to perform in this weather?

[@claudiaroy9455]

😂I was thinking the same.

[@Caesarus2011]

They will be just fine due to their magical abilities 😂 If not, their gasoline cousins can tow them away to shelter

[@StormyDog]

Can't say but living in mid Minnesota my Model Y is the best winter car I've ever had. Better than the Subaru Forester which sat in the garage all last winter while I drove the Tesla. Don't believe the oil compony FUD.

[@snookmeister55]

​@@StormyDogYou're trying to interject reality. Shame on you.

[@Dulcimertunes]

I’ve noticed that the seasons all seem a month late. It’s December but feels like November. And springs get later and later

[@troysright]

lmao weather changes

[@JohnDlugosz]

1:07 You drew the vortex Counterclockwise in both poles! You drew the directions as if looking down at a ball from the north, not standing on the surface of a planet. I didn't look in detail to see if you made the same mistake for all the other currents.

[@troysright]

It happened 500 years ago . Don't you remember ? lol

[@coreym162]

People don't realize Earth's meteorological history has been documented and is longer than man's measly 123 year meteorological history. It's a cycle and that Tonga Eruption at the beginning of 2022 didn't help. Older people remember the messed up weather that lasted years after Mt. Saint Helens. Hunga Tonga's eruption was bigger. I never hear anyone mention how that volcano could affect weather.

[@cwalters8645]

The jet streams in both the northern and southern hemisphere are westerly currents, i.e., air flowing from west to east!

[@toddmills528]

On May 12, 2013, the sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 10 p.m. EDT. This flare is classified as an X1. 7, making it the first X-class flare of 2013. The flare was also associated with another solar phenomenon, called a coronal mass ejection (CME) that can send solar material out into space. Praise the 🌞 God's