What the Polar Vortex Will Do to Earth this Decade

[@johntracy72]

When I lived in Iceland in the 1980's, we experienced a storm that could be described as an arctic hurricane. Winds were over 100 mph and it was total whiteout conditions.

[@100percentSNAFU]

That sounds like it has to be the absolute nastiest conditions possible. We will get 40-50 mph gusts here when the temps are below freezing and it is bad enough, can't even imagine 100mph with the cold.

[@johnarnold893]

Sounds like Labrador weather in eastern Canada

[@aserta]

Basically what you'd get in a storm atop a mountain, but at a lower level. I'd gotten up with the cable gondola and i made 10 steps from the front door of the structure. And it was gone. Nothing but white, of the same shade everywhere. And that was with my goggles on. Without them, you wouldn't even be able to see anything because the ice-y snow would bite your eyes and made you shut them instantly.

[@Dd-cm8xj]

@@asertaI’d be too afraid to leave and get lost LOL

[@IambiguousSegment]

Do you want a medal for it?

[@lizardpeople]

Who else prefers cold weather over hot weather? Or it it just me?

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I'm somewhat the opposite, but the biggest problem is that electronics MASSIVELY (and quickly) overheat. 😕 Personally, I think that is why electronics were probably NOT crafted by ancient, intelligent, technologically advanced sentients; temperatures above ground would have made it implausible. I do, however, wonder what an UNDERGROUND system of electronics would be like. Deep enough where the temperatures were almost always consistent.

[@joejones9520]

whatever my situation and current interests are at the time dictate that, ive gone both ways many times.

[@sallykirby4907]

I prefer colder weather over hot. I am constantly worried about global warming, so this makes me feel somewhat better.

[@DSleezy117]

Yep. Same

[@stephenblack8698]

Absofucking lutely

[@jeanphilipperickenbach7777]

Danke!

[@ohajtu]

Thx❗️very well explained‼️ very nice illustrations.

[@AlphaMachina]

On a cold winter night, years ago, there was a full moon backlighting these incredible high altitude clouds. They were moving across the sky at a ridiculous pace─it had to be over 100MPH. The air was so clear and crisp that the moon lit up the entire sky, so the clouds were plain to see across a wide field of view, only growing darker at the edges as I looked farther away from the light source. These clouds were in the jet stream of a weak polar vortex that had swooped down into the southern United States in the form of a cold front. After the storms at the head of the front blew through, dank humidity was replaced with a cool crispness that can only be properly described as cleansing. Like a new lease on life. I still remember looking up at the sky like it was something out of a sci-fi movie. The effect was mesmerizing. And memorable.

[@SmarteeSteve]

Unrelated to the polar vortex, here is my most vivid weather memory. On a hot summer night, I could see a small area in the distant sky flashing with more lightning than I had ever seen. Being out on a bicycle ride, I decided to get the heck home. For a couple hours, nothing. I figured the storm had either fizzled or had never been on course for my area. Finally, it arrived with all the thunder and lightning still relentless. Having been thrilled, terrified, and amazed, I still scan the West for distant super cells, hoping I can find one approaching and be lucky enough to have the time to watch it grow larger and brighter, then audible, finally, imminent!

[@Raghavendrabsrg]

You both! Are you going to write a sci-fi novel already? please? 😊😅

[@WutThaFuh]

The wind began to pick up as the sky turned a menacing shade of dark green. Lightning flashed angrily in the distance as peals of thunder echoed across the hills. A lone figure, dark and foreboding, seemingly unhindered by nature's elements, approached almost leisurely, as if each of his black clad foot steps were slowly counting down towards some dreadfully imminent finality. As I watched, transfixed in horror, I saw his crooked grin, and in his clutched fist swung the keys to the abyss.

[@TheMacster555]

Wow…are you an author?

[@EaglePicking]

"Looks like we've got ourselves a writer" -not Bill Hicks

[@braxxian]

Down in Tasmania we got hit by a southern polar vortex about 4 years ago. It led to the first major snowfalls in northern Tasmania since the 1960's. Pretty bizarre stuff.

[@lewisheasman]

Yep lived in Launceston in 08-10. Cold af. I have photos from my dad of the time it snowed a few years ago. Strange to see and now I know why it doesn't snow there compared to more south regions in America.

[@KlavierMenn]

We had some snow here in Brazil a few years back. Snow is rare as hen teeth here in Brazil

[@milamber82]

You`ll struggle. King of the North. Cold up here. Brrrr.

[@Trucking4Jesus]

@@treeman101 if your saying the government had a hand in the polar vortex hitting certain areas.. your probably right. conspiracy theories have been prove to be true

[@huntera123]

Polar vortex is a emergent physical process called, "bad winter".

[@Charlie-phlezk]

I was in Chicago when the Polar Vortex hit, it was the coldest I've ever been.

[@jakeroper1096]

Here 🔥

[@pokemonandrobloxlover]

nah just -30

[@SubaruKayak]

As above, so below. The Oceans behave much the same way and exert their extreme effects on the weather above them. Fantastic presentation. Thanks!

[@TheGraniteGlobe]

Your video has a much better ending than Game of Thrones though!

[@polygonmonkey]

I liked this, and I didn't even watch end of the video

[@petethetaper]

i honestly never saw it. this vid rocks, i learned from it.

[@Knardsh]

Low bar

[@info_fox]

Huuuuurrrrrr git end so bad right.... hurrrrr

[@_numb]

❤

[@Hensepens64]

Never seen a video which explained wetter patterns so clearly. Thank you. I learned so much in this video.

[@johncollins7062]

I hope the drier patterns video will be available soon. This drought in Texas is killing us.

[@ghettocowboy993]

Un learn it , it's all wrong ....

[@raevn11]

Man, this was beautifully put together. As a flight instructor, you motivate me to be able to present this information in a much better way.

[@intheshell35ify]

Look at you learning how to better communicate a complex subject to your students. 5 good human/self improvement points will be added to your score.

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Troll

[@proggravezilla4175]

The regrettable element of this video is - its ideological adherence to European-socialist units-of-measure. 400km doesn't mean anything to me. -50degrees-Centigrate? I cannot relate how cold that might be. I'm saying: Speak English, troop! State units-of-measure in English/Imperial measures ALSO, if you are going to give statistical aspects.

[@intheshell35ify]

@@proggravezilla4175 yells the dinosaur at the meteor.

[@intheshell35ify]

@@Dave5843-d9m I think you are the only one that got trolled and I'm afraid that was an accident, so my bad.

[@TJusnow]

I’m shocked that you didn’t include the 2021 Texas Freeze. This was one of the most extreme examples of the subzero temperatures surging so far south due to a buckle in the jet stream that lasted for a week. Hundreds of people died in this. Snow and ice was on the Texas beaches as well.

[@chrisbrowning977]

That was a ferocious winter- and it can happen again.

[@leedonald2336]

I'm just south of Dallas and that week was bad. Hell even Mexico got snow and ice off that storm.

[@Vert1cus]

on the bright side i had an amazing white winter in the desert and my dog god to enjoy the snow

[@fayereeve8154]

I live in the UK I'm getting winter ready early buying all winter essentials Extra blankets duvet thermal under clothing replacing curtains hanging curtains over doors even considering wall rugs cause when the cold hits it hits house is so cold price of electricity gas is so high can only have heating on 3 hours a day can't have a coal fire it's not allowed death rates were up 13,% last year frew people dying due to cost of living not affording heating food thing's like this are kept out of the media news .

[@billystink4611]

He works for Big Ice Storm inc., and they don’t want you to know about the Texas freeze because the bad PR. The victors write the history books.

[@OssxJah]

A living planet. Everything is lively. Always moving, always on the go. Traveling through space. Spectacular.

[@ezziboo]

Even sitting still, we never occupy the same point in space time from moment to moment ❤️

[@OmegaGenesisTrueEarth]

We don't live on a "planet" and you are not moving! All empirical tests over large bodies of calm water debunk any supposed Globe curvature at the surface! The Globe lie is a prison for your minds!

[@toyotaprius79]

Doesn't it make you wish it wasn't polluted?

[@winterlantern5695]

​@@toyotaprius79Go tell the 3rd world to stop reproducing and polluting the planet. Sincerely, a brown person.

[@KB-ke3fi]

Is it a "passage of time?" lol!

[@robinkelly1770]

I learned of this many years ago while studying electrical refrigeration. The vortex is exactly what is used in supermarket refrigerators that are permanently open.

[@SmallWonda]

Ahhh I wondered how they worked...

[@ShaktiChaturvedi]

Absolutely !

[@intheshell35ify]

Really? Now I'm curious. Give you a dollar to expand on that.

[@marcelosantana9311]

That’s why is freezing cold inside but you bark a wall of warm air. 😂😂😂😂

[@icetbaggins7999]

Wikipedia ‘vortex’ (decent image and description) and imagine a vent at the front (usually the bottom and/or top) of the fridge blowing cold air towards the produce. The speed, angle etc creates a vortex within the fridge walls and the constant flow keeps the cool air circulating inside while keeping a barrier for the warmer outside air in the aisle

[@blankblank4949]

this is the single greatest visualization and explanation of the Coriolis effect i have ever seen. seriously, amazing job.

[@WingManFang1]

I was in the freak Ice storm that hit Texas in 2021 over 18 people died in my city from the temperatures alone. Honestly we need better weather control and cold survivability products down here.

[@occamsrayzor]

This is the best explanation I've seen of this subject - thank you!

[@kevinobrien1897]

How do you know it was the best?

[@bgbthabun627]

i can still recall the winter of 2013/2014, because here near detroit it was the coldest i have ever experienced! I genuinely hope that we never see a repeat of that again.

[@petermcateer1354]

I remember that winter in Toronto... February was freaking cold!

[@lunard8690]

im in ohio, i remember that year, nobodies cars could start

[@bgbthabun627]

@@petermcateer1354 yes! february was an awful month here as well. i believe the high for the month if i recall correctly was -13C!! and the first time we saw rain was in May as well.

[@XRP747E]

Your videos are so sophisticated and polished that I'm in awe of them. Absolutely, first rate. Thank you!

[@patrickpoulin8554]

Idk how my KZbin feed heard but this is exactly what is happening in the south eastern United States this January. New Orleans got 8 inches of snow…. Most snow in over 100 years.

[@sr6061]

Thank you for explaining this to me while doing it with intelligence as to not make me feel stupid. Much appreciated.

[@absolxtion]

I’m so happy I got recommend your channel, it’s quickly becoming one of my faves. Topics like these are so interesting and fascinating, and you do such a fantastic job explaining them!

[@warrengans1346]

Man, I hope this video gets millions of views as it's well worth people's time. Thank you for make it for us

[@Lochness19]

12:02 even -22C is something you can prepare for. Major cities in Canada like Edmonton and Winnipeg get those all the time during the winter. In winter 2021-2022, -22C temperatures happened 64 times in Winnipeg (called Winterpeg for a reason) 33 times in Edmonton 25 times in Quebec City 24 times in Calgary 16 times in Ottawa 8 times in Montreal 0 times in Toronto (although it reached -21C three times) 0 times in Vancouver (the mildest big Canadian city, only reached -14C that year) However, the UK doesn't normally have a reason to prepare for such cold, so it... doesn't... and pays the consequences on the rare occasions that it does.

[@pepita2437]

I'm Romanian, live in Transilvania, in Covansna county. We had very cold weather. -43 Celsius was the coldest my dad lived trough, but -22C was very common when I grew up. In the last decade the weather become warmer tho, snow doesn't fall that often now.

[@Lochness19]

@@pepita2437 My family is from Hungary and it seems to be similar. More and more people are growing figs there as the climate is becoming pseudo-Mediterranean. In my part of Canada, winters seem to be getting milder too. This winter, we still haven't had any -10C temperatures in February or December, only for a week in the middle of January. Normally we would get -10C and -20C temperatures every week from about Dec 10 to Mar 10. Interestingly, the summers haven't changed much. In 2023, the hottest day was only 30C.

[@pepita2437]

@@Lochness19 At least we don't have to pay so much for heating. T_T Yesterday was +15C, it was insane. Winters are getting milder here too. But it happened in the last 4 years that most of the winter cold/snow arrived around march, and there were snow fallings an colds in April (which is not normal) A few years back, it was -1C in June 1th, which was insane. The summers are the same here too, the temperature rarely go up above 27C. Around 30-32 is considered to be very hot. We usually get red alerts for heat in those cases. :)

[@Fezzezal]

I'm Russian. Actually, I'm surprised. I live in the Far North, on the 66-th nothern latitude in European part of Russia, and it's not really that cold, surpassing -30 C only for a week or two, with the mean daily maximum being something from -10 to -20 and minimum to -20 to -30

[@Lochness19]

@@Fezzezal Your area of Russia is still moderated by the Gulf Stream, even if it's not as strongly moderated as Iceland. Compare you climate to eastern Siberia, ex Yakutsk, Oymyakon, Verkhoyansk - those towns are far away from the influence of the Gulf Stream, and colder than anywhere in North America during the winter. The Siberian landmass extends to 70-78N before reaching the Arctic ocean, and is upwind from the Pacific, very far from the Atlantic, and blocked off from the Indian Ocean by the Himalayas and other mountain ranges. On the other hand, western Canada and Alaska are still relatively close to the Pacific Ocean, and downwind from it, which helps to moderate their winters. Right along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska, the winters are very mild, but even hundreds of km inland, the winters are still less cold than in eastern Siberia. In eastern Canada, you can still get warm air from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Nunavut in the centre of northern Canada can get quite cold, but the main landmass still not as far north as Siberia. Winnipeg is colder during the winter than other Canadian cities at a similar latitude, because it's far from any ocean due to being in the middle of the continent, but it's still not as cold as the areas along the eastern Kazakh, Mongolian and Chinese border at similar latitudes ex Zabaykalsk. During the day, it still reaches above -20C on most January days, it's only at night and in the morning that it's so cold.

[@AvoidTheCadaver]

I was in the UK during the 2009 and 2010 polar vortex, living down on the south coast where it rarely snows. There was over a foot of snow in the streets and on top of cars. London itself shut down for a few days and even Heathrow cancelled all flights for a day causing massive disruption.

[@pm7734]

I live on the Isle of man and in some parts on the west coast we had 9 feet of snow. If you Google " isle of man police van snow " you'll see what I mean!

[@irgendwieanders2121]

@@pm7734 Wow, nice! I know such pictures from here (Austria) - but we tend to have such things at ~2500m above sea level...

[@rjones6219]

You'd've enjoyed the freeze of 63

[@pm7734]

@rjones6219 My mum mentions it every time a piece of snow hits the ground lol

[@michaelgilday]

1962 When the sea of London and Kent froze, and standpipes were the only way you had water.

[@johntracy72]

On the night between February 14th and 15th, 2021, Austin and other central Texas cities had one of their biggest snowfalls ever and coldest morning lows ever. We were shut down for five days as that is how long the snow stayed around. We had 8 inches of snow. Then at the beginning of February 2023, Austin had one of its worst icestorms ever. Most of Austin lost electricity because of the heavy ice on trees and power lines. Luckily, my neighborhood had no power outages but other neighborhoods had no electricity for over a week.

[@RissaFirecat]

Yes and it was terrible. Too bad we didn't have a power grid that could handle it!

[@violinmaker4271]

Put solar panels on your house, Austin gets 300 days of sun annually.

[@JohnOriginal81]

@@violinmaker4271 A lot of people can't afford solar panels, or battery storage they'd need to have for when it gets cloudy, as solar panels only produce about 5-10% when it's cloudy, or in this case during a snow or ice storm.

[@KB-ke3fi]

All we got in Houston was 2 inches of ice storms for 5 days...down to negative 5. No snow this time. Too low of an elevation and sea salt.

[@krvnjrcbs]

It is so funny to me being from northern Michigan the stuff that shut you down for a week literally happens like every week minimum for a few months straight here 😂

[@Graybeard_]

I live in North Central Washington, right on the US/CA border, at 4,000'. This winter, we saw -36F (-37.7C). We still had three feet of snow in April. I can attest to the, "polar vortex is never far away" part.

[@michaelmartin4383]

The troposphere is very thin at the poles, the polar vortex's draw down the upper atmosphere (an anti-cyclone), which is much colder than the troposphere and as it dose it also draws down ozone, which is why there are ozone holes at each pole and polar regions typically smell of ozone. The polar vortex forms because of the rotation of earth and the temperature varies according to the amount of sunlight reaching the poles. In winter there is no sunlight so the polar vortex expands, while in summer it shrinks. This is the basic mechanism of the polar vortex's, it is an entirely natural phenomena.

[@petartrifonov8823]

I love your content! Thoroughly researched, neatly visualized, calmly presented!

[@RichardPhister]

I've lived through the polar vortex. It sucks. At one point my door froze to the frame, another night it somehow rained and then everything froze and I had to crawl home on my hands and knees to get home without slipping. Literally everything had ice on it. Cars, power lines, the grass, the sidewalks, EVERYTHING.

[@hannajarvenpaa5079]

Imagine if that would be constant

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

The polar winds can slip and drop arctic air down lower at any time. I remember the winters of the 1970s where we had three bad blizzards in Michigan!

[@-wotiu_77]

71,2,3, were the coldest winters ever recorded, so much so the ussr was, budgeting to cover their railsystems, Canada would have followed suit, the cause was fascinating

[@miketomasini346]

Yes I remember the early 70’s we moved from Ottawa to the Ottawa valley Killaloe area and we needed to get a bulldozer twice to open our road up it was nothing seeing-45 and snow up to your waist by Christmas.

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

@@miketomasini346 I have been watching the winters, as we have been very lucky that the jet stream stays further North than it used to. Back in the 1920s and 30s, there were times that we had mini ice age winters that were also very bad for us, but that was considered normal!

[@pyrogotz5076]

In Wyoming in 2022 the temperature reached -42 degrees Fahrenheit, or around -41 Celsius. The cold came straight over the north from Siberia at least that's what I remember hearing on anything I was watching about the weather at the time.

[@janefrost1856]

I love your content Alex. In 2009 / 2010, we drove from Cambridge to Oxford to collect our son for the winter holidays. It normally takes maybe an hour and 3/ 4, on this occasion it took us 8 hours to drive the entire way, there and back. It was fairly terrifying, I packed sleeping bags, duvets, pillows, hot soup, coffee and plenty of snacks. My husband thought that I was crazy. There were times we were travelling no more than 20 mph. We stuck to the main roads, so if we broke down or got stuck, emergency vehicles could find us. When we got back, all in one piece, warm, and alive. My husband no longer thought that I was barmy. Even to this day , it was the most challenging, and scariest drive I've ever had to share.😮

[@jasondashney]

I live in the Canadian prairies and in the winter I never leave the city without full emergency supplies. If it's -25 and the car breaks down it doesn't take long to freeze. I even bring a warm winter jacket if I'm driving to an underground parking lot in the city in case the car breaks down and I have to sit there for an hour waiting for a tow truck.

[@KeyserSuzi]

you live in England and acting like you know extreme weather. what you dealt with with 15 years ago canadians deal with daily.

[@MrCanadatom]

On a cross Canada trip in February, I passed through Calgary in the morning and it was plus 10 degrees C. Eight hours later, and dark, my car broke down in minus 30 degrees, then add a whipping merciless wind. The lights of Regina on the horizon - no antifreeze in the gas tank. The first car I hailed stopped, he took me to the closest gas station and there the next guy took me in his truck to get the car started. I came away with minor frostbite on my thumb because a drop of petrol landed on it. An hour later I was in a heated swimming pool in a hotel, looking out the window at the blowing frigid landscape. This in not normal, and yet it is. I have a dozen similar stories. The winter is a major character in every Canadian's most memorable times.

[@jasondashney]

@@MrCanadatom thank goodness somebody helped you. I know that drive and it can be no joke if you get caught at the wrong time of day in the wrong place in the wrong season.

[@markdansky]

You're describing every road trip every day of the year in Los Angeles. Except for the cold...and the fact that you made it all the way up to the brisk speed of 20MPH.

[@peterthornton8520]

What a fantastic explanation of these phenomenons. I had some idea about the Polar Vortex but your explanation is amazing. Like most your programmes you make science a) understandable and b) enjoyable. Many thanks.

[@HobartBerlzhiemer]

It would be interesting to better understand the relationship between solar activity, the position of the moon and our planetary weather. This is an awesome video!

[@XSPAWNX23]

suspiciousObservers channel has a wealth of knowledge on the subject of solar dynamics and how it effects the earth , earthquakes, weather,

[@RealJohnKimble]

@@XSPAWNX23 A fellow observer

[@BrjanBuckmaster]

Solar activity has been considered and rejected as having any influence on global warming.

[@Cyndium_]

Pseudoscience at its best! Only reads headlines from articles way outdated by now

[@mamandapanda185]

@@XSPAWNX23 I'm not sure if it's his cadence, weighty jargon, or lack of basic concepts, but I'm here because I can't understand him.

[@eVill420]

Living in Eastern Finland right now I can feel the polar vortex for sure. November with -21C temperatures today, -25C in the morning in some places.

[@moda_crypto869]

Is that not too cold? Dont u ever feel like moving?

[@eVill420]

@@moda_crypto869 yea I'd like to move but it's not like it's an emergency, just uncomfortable in the winter

[@etherscholar]

Your videos never fail to impress me with the depth of the research and the clarity of the visuals. I knew about hadley cells but not the rest - learned a lot. That one video at 14:30 looked like it was maybe a timelapse heat map of the air? - was really interesting watching the day and night cycles pulse the planet's air like that.

[@ilzuburgname1973]

Fun fact, I was moving across America(northwest to Midwest) during the 2019 pillar vortex mentioned in this video. We ran from a spiral arm thingy of the snowstorm from Montana to minnisota before entering severe blizzard and camping out in a hotel for 4 days

[@KrunoG]

Cool video bro, always learning something totally new I never heard of before and I am not new to science stuff. Awesome.

[@ralphknowlton4689]

😊

[@CowmanUK]

"Cool" 😂 downright chilly, in fact

[@Memessssss]

Blizzard in the South USA this week, It was snowing from the beaches on Texas all the way to Florida and in the Gulf of America 🤯

[@NigelDixon1952]

Well done, Alex. Thank you for this excellent video, really entertaining, yet, very educational. And STILL the best voice on KZbin!

[@Beryllahawk]

As someone living in the American South, even the milder cold at the edges of the polar vortex are no joke - and it's made worse by the plain fact that if you live in an area that doesn't GET snow - there's no infrastructure in place, no preparation for icy roads or other cold hazards. Sometimes folks up north tease the southerners about shutting down the town at the sight of three snowflakes. But if you CAN'T salt your roads - if your county or state doesn't even HAVE snowplows... what's safest? Just to stay home, of course! And no one ever, ever expects a polar vortex event, not down here; it seems like the assumption is always "oh the Gulf air is too warm, we'll be fine." Nope, we're not fine -

[@sid2112]

In the South here as well. Remember 1983? 1994? 2014? It's getting time for another bit of ice down this way.

[@Beryllahawk]

@@sid2112 1994 in particular yes! Snowed on the Gulf Coast that year if I recall.

[@Degenevesting]

Dude thank you for doing some Geoscience. It’s nice to my science get some airtime, and the NPV topic is a fascinating one indeed! Keep up the good work!

[@goergeskaplan]

This is fascinating. Had missed this one when it came out. Thank you for all your great work Alex, so much appreciated. Cheers

[@peterdore2572]

I always taught about most things mentioned in this video, but couldnt quite describe it. this video puts it into words that anyone can understand. Thank you Alex 😊

[@thisguy317]

Hell yeah dude these kind of videos are the stuff I subscribe for

[@Zroolmpf_Celmbror]

Very well done video. So many explanations stop at the Hadley and polar cells without explaining why they generate a jet stream, and in turn why that jet stream contains cold air masses. This video makes no such omissions.

[@spiritwanderer777]

I remember being in Chicago on the night when during a polar vortex it hit -55C. I went out not knowing that and within a minute i was frantically running back to the house and quickly rubbing my face because it felt like my veins and inside of the nose was rapidly freezing... it was one of the scariest moments of my life.

[@PantsuMann]

Laughs in Swedish as temps around -32C is not all too uncommon. But honestly, dress up. It's easier to feel warm in good insulation and extreme temps like -20/-30 than -5/-10 as the air becomes dryer, which can cause its own problems if you are not careful.

[@KamielDV2]

Oh yess, good point, the dry cold air can ruin your skin when exposed, even if you are not currently getting any real temperature damage, like freezing! Keep your skin, and yourself generally, insulated and hydrated

[@Niffer2020]

Laughs in canadian* try -45° for normal jan/feb temps

[@carlthor91]

Same here in Northern Canada, -40 used to be common in the winter, not seen in the last 3. I only had to wear a parka for a bit over a week last winter. Heavy hoody worked well, for the rest of the time. Parka = -35C.

[@rullvardi]

@@KamielDV2 As a Swede, I know that very well. Every winter my hands gets fucked and sometimes bleed due to its dryness.

[@mitseraffej5812]

I come from a vert temperate part of the world where it never gets below freezing and high summer seldom exceeds 30 Celsius. A few years back I spent a couple of weeks for work on the US eastern seaboard during February. Coldest it got was minus 18 but it was the dryness that bothered me, especially my nose. Every night before bed I would run the bathroom shower in the hotel room full hot for half an hour to steam up the room. This helped, pleased I wasn’t paying for the water heating.

[@michellem3050]

A very good explanation with easy to understand similes to grasp the concepts. Excellent, informative and succinct.

[@eafortson]

This was an absolutely fascinating video. So well presented and explained. I learned more about the weather in this video than I have in all my 41 years of life. Thank you for this incredible video.

[@grammygirlforgod9326]

Wow, this information was eye-opening!! This fills in a few gaps in my understanding of our world. I think we’re currently in the midst of such a polar vortex here in Colorado, January 2024. Brrrr!!

[@chrism3784]

Awesome, I always wanted to know about this topic. I'm from Florida and visited Michigan during that last polar vortex event a few years ago. Never have I seen anything like it, or felt so cold in my life.

[@justsomeguymustache]

LOL going from florida to Michigan has to be a very difficult thing to adapt to. im from pennsylvania so the summers are like 95+ and the winters can go to the negatives.

[@chrism3784]

@@justsomeguymustache yep. I was just visiting a friend, I planned it for a month and took vacation the last week of Jan. Just as it was coming down. Was 80s when I left, -16f when I arrived, snowing like a blizzard. I drove a buick roadmaster wagon with oversized summer tires, lol. To my surprise it drove no problems, even in snow and ice, I just drove it real slow and careful.

[@CStoph1979]

You are getting cold weather because globalhomocorp is altering the climate with their sprays and microwave arrays. Not because of some climate cycle. Dont you look up into the sky anymore? You think all that haze is water vapor???? WAKE THE F UP

[@RissaFirecat]

This explanation is great! It explains what the polar vortex is, and why it happens. Great job!

[@emotown1]

Yeah, I did not find the bit where he goes into what the polar vortex will do to the Earth in the next decade. Click bait methinks?

[@RissaFirecat]

@@emotown1 nope. Think about what he is talking about. Then go read about what a polar vortex is.

[@Rubensgardens.Skogsmuseum]

I lived in a tent 2008-2009, then in a unheated Renault Kangoo until 2010. Those winters were cold, but the hardest thing was the fall. In November nothing dries and the only way to keep dry is to never get wet. In the winter, with temperatures down to -25C it was not really a problem. Snow is naturally dry and if some got into the tent I could just brush it out. Also, having a ample supply of snow for cooking and personal hygiene is luxury. No water needed to be hauled around. After I cycled the entire coast of Norway and back. 7300km tat I trained for the two years before. Guess if I had a good cooking and camping routine?

[@knyghtryder3599]

Invite me next time bro!! You could likely use some back up

[@liberty-matrix]

"One of the most important findings that climate scientists have come up with in the last several decades is that Earth's climate changes in cycles and these cycles are driven by changes in Earth's orbit around the Sun not in changes in the strength of the Sun but changes in the orbit." ~Dr. Ruddiman, University of Virginia.

[@freddyjosereginomontalvo4667]

Excellent content as always say man.

[@artor9175]

I've experienced an unstable polar vortex before, but I never got this solid an explanation of what it is.

[@TheGreatHrudini]

From Canada, it's interesting to read the comments from temperate regions. There's a certain degree of preparation you can do as an individual, but if your infrastructure wasn't designed for the temperatures then there really isn't much you can do.

[@KB-ke3fi]

I go to the mall and watch movies when it hits 25 here. But now, it's 112 and feels just fine by my pool.

[@johncollins7062]

Do you call three months of 80 degree lows temperate? If we did not have this heat, half of Brooklyn would be down here.

[@barrroger1162]

We haven’t had a cold winter in over 20 years in Canada and are looking forward to one

[@Eurowefilms421]

Since qualifying for my pilots licence back in the 70's weather has been a fascination to me & accordingly it greatly annoys me when some of the uninformed public try to pin extremes of weather events on one particular cause, thank you for a very well explained global weather.

[@robd8577]

Sure, getting a pilots licence 55 years ago and a fascination uniquely qualifies you. I will stick with the majority scientist opinion.

[@kiwd-dynamic]

​@@robd8577🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@1957burb]

@@robd8577 The brainwashing is so thick that a 15-minute video explaining earth's ancient climate dynamics cannot be tolerated if it doesn't bow to climate religion. Piss off, we're learning objective truth over here.

[@mcasteel2112]

​@@robd8577 Well, if you had the slightest clue about radiation physics then you might question things a little differently. That or common sense. Good luck to you.

[@richardconway6425]

yeah, the problem being that the weather or climate has ceased to be a scientific phenomenon, but has become, instead, a political force, to be used to further the agenda of all sorts of groups and individuals, who know nothing about science or the climate. As a pilot, I respect your experience and knowledge.

[@Swede_4_DJT]

Greetings from Sweden! Keep up the great work with this channel! Would love longer format sleep content.

[@James-rm7sr]

It is interesting how it could change at any second. You can see an Ice Age as just a point where for whatever reason the south wind stops and isn't repelling the northern air.

[@aeriagloris4211]

I'm sorry but this is shockingly ignorant, and the fact that you're saying this in a week which was measured as globally the hottest week ever recorded is beyond ironic. This video is propaganda; in the next ten years we will see modern man's first blue ocean event, and things will continue to collapse due to completely unmitigated exponential anthropogenic climate and biosphere destruction.

[@twcnz3570]

​@@aeriagloris4211That's already happened. 2013. Al Gore told us so. Oh, wait...

[@aeriagloris4211]

@@twcnz3570 you're the dumbest people on earth. Anthropogenic (human caused) climate change is an absolutely irrefutable fact, and in the next couple of decades human civilization is going to collapse because of it.

[@steveng1624]

​@@twcnz3570😂

[@thetroytroycan]

​@aeriagloris4211 why don't you read about original dates of cl8mate change written by scientists. How many dates of an apocalypse were predicted and were they increases or decreases in temperatures. He is talking about atmosphere and weather. Your comment suggests you only hear climate change THEORY. there are dozens of other THEORIES. all backed by scientific research. No concensus. Wait, unless someone is paying for research.

[@deeppurple883]

Scientists don't get enough credit for the work they do. This information and how it came together is jaw dropping. Respect to all the scientists in the world. ✌️☘️

[@Andrew-lq2qy]

They are still people. I work in a STEM field and am always blown away by the amount of research that gets stolen and steps they take to sabotage each other. 99% of them are not deserving of the religious devotion people seem to be giving them.

[@wordzmyth]

​@@Andrew-lq2qyit is not about individuals but evidence based research. If individuals do not meet the standard their work will end up being tested by others to find if it is replicate. The system is not perfect but it's self correcting over time.

[@unnf9971]

Well at elast those scientist who actually do research and not basing a manufactured climate change claim on half assed research.

[@wordzmyth]

@@unnf9971 more than 90% of climate scientists agree on climate change and global warming. It is which model of climate change is proving most accurate that is being worked on. Un fortunately the moderate slow models seem to be underestimating the cha ges we are already seeing. Storms floods fires ice melt sea level rise. Has the weather not changed in your part of the world enough for you to notice?do you live in the middle of a city amd ignore what is happening for farming amd agriculture?

[@deeppurple883]

@@Andrew-lq2qy I'm ignorant to these facts. Humans their own worst enemies. Power, Greed. To the good guys then 🍻

[@milodemoray]

Thank you for this video Alex. I really appreciate that you took the time to look into this subject.

[@thai616]

“Like a crowd of schoolchildren being released into an open field” It’s the unsolicited love of humanity in an astronomy and planetary science video for me ❤

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

As a Minnesotan, I am so very aware of this. Love when it stays contained where it belongs.

[@rachel_sj]

As a fellow Minnesotan, thinking of the Polar Vortex is such a nice distraction from the 90+ F heat today!!

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

@@rachel_sj yep, one can always put on more layers when it is cold , but can't always remove them in the heat.

[@lukecotton9617]

Coming from someone who lives in Louisiana in perpetual heat. It's funny to see how much more you all like the cold. I thought it would be the other way around lol.

[@PeloquinDavid]

... like in Manitoba?

[@eddieleong6490]

@@treeman101 Just get Lost ...you are spamming...

[@matickovac]

If only we had videos like this when I was learning about this in school. Beautiful job once more Alex.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

As a Canadian, I've lived through a couple of these myself. For me it's not THAT bad since I prefer the cold and I have good winter gear. It's the increasingly hot summers that are getting to me... Side note, I've love to see a video all about "strange polar vortexes and weather patterns on other worlds."

[@harryvanhoo7235]

As soon as someone says "increasingly hot summers" I know we have gone through the looking glass.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

@@harryvanhoo7235 "Through a Mirror Darkly," one might say.

[@FastGuy1]

@@AceSpadeThePikachuYou’re lucky to have nice summers unlike those here in Texas.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

@@FastGuy1 Even the summers here are too warm for me... Though be careful what you wish for. Remember that snow storm you had a couple years ago? Now imagine that every day for six months straight every year, and temperatures dropping to the point where Celsius and Fahrenheit synchronize. I may prefer the cold but I'm not too fond of having to shovel several feet of snow off the driveway every day for months in a row.

[@Rhysman30]

@@AceSpadeThePikachu Preach. I'm a big baby when it gets over 30 (90 F) and 40 (>100F) is unbearable if you aren't at a lake. -40 aint that bad in comparison though, just relax indoors. I also prefer being cold, so I don't mind the stints running between indoor spaces lol

[@aprildawnsunshine4326]

I'd think it's fairly obvious why the antarctic jet stream is so stable: it exists in the ocean too! Up north there's too much land in the way but down there the antarctic ocean is able to spin around Antarctica just like the jet stream and I'm sure that has a reinforcing feedback loop which is what keeps it so stable.

[@daniel4647]

@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 Why are you making everyone hate Jesus by spamming this stuff everywhere?

[@christerjakobsen8107]

@@daniel4647 I'm honestly convinced the Bible verse spammers are a anti-Christian psy-op meant to push people away from it.

[@ClosestNearUtopia]

Now create a feedback loop for yourself giving you feedback when to use punctuation..

[@ClosestNearUtopia]

@@daniel4647because he is so simple he is not even being capable of knowing the difference between god and Jesus and had small brains not realising which of those two is legit to adore…

[@aprildawnsunshine4326]

@@ClosestNearUtopia y'all know he's just a bot right? And that's a nice run-on sentence too 😜

[@floofnoodle]

american houses need to start being built to new standards. i have tens of friends in the us who are complaining that their heating cant keep up with the cold, because their houses have little insulation

[@Dtp2296]

I remember 2009 in the middle of England it was -15 some nights and i had no heating in the house. Luckily i was young strong and fit

[@tamamonomae7465]

It's easier to warm yourself up than cool yourself down

[@burk3552]

I live in labrador,the storm of 82,when it hit temps went down to -100c,people had to abandon their homes,my family included,most of the town had to evacuate to a school that had back up power,when it was over alot of homes were completely buried,fish tanks frozen solid,etc

[@Rusikulya]

I'm trying to research this... Can you please share more anecdotes on this?

[@burk3552]

@Rusikulya if u google labrador city storm of 82 it'll give u more details,I meant to say also that with the windchill it went down to -100°c

[@DrSkull1939]

The late 1970's early 80's was the coldest period of life I ever lived. Christmas 1982 was certainly a snow packed cold day with temperatures around -20 as a high. The snows were heavy and often. Then in 1983, that cold spell ended seemingly with a summer that was in the 90's often.

[@joejones9520]

yes and that was shortly after the "global warming" fad started and all that contradictory cold forced them to change it to "climate change" just so they could always have an excuse.

[@richardconway6425]

I remember that. -20 degrees C in southern England. That really was cold .

[@poopsmith6853]

That's been every year of my life. Haha. I think there was 20 ft or so of snow over the winter this year. Was in a place with less snow before but -20F for weeks every year. Usually gets to -40 a couple days.

[@baskarduraisamy]

As someone who lives in the tropical country with 9 months of summer, I see this as an absolute win!

[@IN-tm8mw]

I started learning about these subjects due to my "world building" for my fictional story. It's been a eye opening rabbit hole of ultimately leading to learning about the "Ice Age Cycles" of Earth and its effects on human/animal migration and geological formations. All because i wanted to learn more about "Air Ships".

[@yonaguy6978]

Can i ask what's it about?

[@IN-tm8mw]

@@yonaguy6978 Most stories are about the underdogs but i like telling stories about seasoned veterans. Simplified, its about the return of a legendary "fictional" historical figure far into his planets future. Has elements of a power fantasy but his return sparks an arms race that doesn't end well for everyone, especially the main characters.

[@Kristen242008]

I live in Wisconsin (US). The Polar Vortex of 2019 was rough. My husband is a cable and internet installer, and had to work outside in the -60°F wind chills. I'm just glad that it didn't last really long.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

He needs a heated & rechargable jacket.

[@malectric]

Great video thankyou Alex! I very much appreciate the time you put into bringing us such interesting and enlightening content in an easy-to-understand form.

[@unnamed2737]

Polar vortex been hitting us all this week.

[@CaedenV]

It's the same force that creates the crazy hexagons on planets that lack all of the water and rock that messes with the weather stream. Basically the wind goes as fast as possible until it hits a pressure wall, and is forced to divert. Because we have mountains that break thing up, and Forrests, oceans, grasslands, tundra, and desert which all absorb and disappate heat differently, our hexagons are just a mess. But in the southern hemosphere it is mostly unbroken water for the vast majority of the journey while allows for a more cohesive (but not perfect) structure.

[@SirLurkington]

It’s crazy to think about how much places get affected from something like colder temperatures than usual. Temperatures in the -20’s Celsius are average-cold winter days in Canada. Alternatively, the +20’s are the average summer temperatures as well.

[@gastronomist]

Scotland getting shut down because of -22C is so cute.

[@_Phoenyx_]

Average-cold winter days on the east coast and prairies maybe, meanwhile it hits -5 on the west coast and it feels like everyone loses their minds.

[@ChuckNorris-rr3zk]

I live in Montreal, and winter is very long and rough. Summer is too short. I love my country, but i hate the weather.

[@masonsmith3452]

spoken like a true canadian@@gastronomist

[@gastronomist]

@@sal50111 A good old fashioned hardy Scotsman - excellent.

[@ChasingDragons420]

As somebody who despises weather above 15°C, I welcome this polar vortex with open arms.

[@richardconway6425]

... and a big bushy beard, I'd wager ... 😂

[@doubleclick4132]

As someone who lives in a place with 30-40c and 90+ humidity all year round.... I second that

[@solomonlalani]

Great video and explanation! I am from Edmonton and we were literally disappointed to see one of the hottest Decembers in 2023 - literally no snowfall and temperatures in high teens (Celsius). Also, could it be that Souther polar vortex are less disturbed as most of the human population lives in the Northern hemisphere and the impact of industrialization in the south may not have disrupted the nature as yet?

[@zoljah]

Interesting video, would have loved to hear a bit about the current stratospheric anomaly caused by the hunga tonga erruption last year as it does affect the polar vortex - still educational enough to receive a 🏆

[@christerjakobsen8107]

Last December (2022), here in northern Norway, we got hit by a polar vortex and experienced a massive downpour of snow over 2 days. The first day was enough for people to get snowed in, and tractors had to be put to use just to get medicines to places that needed it because the roads had been snowed over so much. One elderly man in his 80s was on the news saying it was the worst he'd experienced as long as he'd lived here.

[@Kevwa51]

I love a good polar vortex, reminds me of when we used to get actual winters here in the north east of the USA. I like winter and cold weather though so I’m the odd one.

[@roberthunt1540]

I moved to Vermont 20 years ago. In that time, winter has just kind of wimped out. I miss the weeks of sub zero.

[@Kevwa51]

@@roberthunt1540 that makes me sad, my girlfriend and I have been considering moving to Vermont from upstate NY for awhile now.

[@johnffrench4340]

Balance is the main ingredient for all nature, including your wonderful documentary subject, "The Weather Patterns and Polar Vortex"!. Well done!

[@justsomeguymustache]

I love this. I live in northeast PA, and ive been around for 2 or 3 very severe vortexes, one time it went down to subzero Fahrenheit (-1 to -5 F) for about a week. last year the jet stream dipped down to where qe were and during the night it was -30°F, and the day was -24°F, and it was that cold for about 4 days.

[@NightMystique13]

I live in Alberta, Canada. Our Januarys are known for their bitter cold. -45 C for a few weeks is not unusual.

[@sandybarnes887]

​@@NightMystique13yeah. I'm in Newfoundland. Seen -30 or lower many times. Worked in Grande Prairie and Dawson Creek for 2 winters. Saw -40. That's when I decided to move to Vancouver 😅

[@nicolainielsen7700]

@NightMystique13 At least you get a bit of light to sweeten the deal. Here in Northern Sweden, we have perpetual darknes.

[@100percentSNAFU]

​@@nicolainielsen7700However, on the flip side of that you get 24 hour sunlight for a time in the summer. Golf at 2AM anyone? Sure why not!

[@justsomeguymustache]

@@100percentSNAFU im in! LOL

[@aliservan7188]

Dude! What a wonderfully written episode. Alex, you just keep getting better and better

[@randlecarr3257]

As a pacific coast boater, I love the weather and understanding the how and why. Thank you!

[@ernestsmith3581]

One of the strangest winter weather phenomenon we get in Texas just south of 30° latitude is the polar jet being pushed by cold air down the plains and underneath the higher in the atmosphere subtropical jet many miles further north. It sometimes causes "thunder snow" (or thunder sleet or thunder freezing rain); complete with the lightning that generates the thunder. Also, because the polar and subtropical jets have basically swapped their normal positions, unusual, erratic temperature inversions occur, affecting radio/TV propagation.

[@AnakinSkywalker-mm3gi]

This is where the fun begins...

[@aadboomkever8633]

Okay my G

[@watersucker5056]

Def

[@Dontlicktheballoons]

At 8:20 or so

[@aadboomkever8633]

@@watersucker5056 what’s up my boy ?

[@watersucker5056]

@@aadboomkever8633 niet veel, jij?

[@cosmicwanderer4306]

Fantastic teaching....Thank you very much for this well explained presentation.

[@michaelblacktree]

That was a great explanation, very easy to follow. I feel a little bit smarter now. 😎

[@carolynadcock2254]

Love Fall and Winter! No Heat Ridges for me in Texas!

[@punditgi]

Beautifully done! Many thanks for this video. 😊🎉

[@nanizon]

This is excellent! Thank you. Now I want to see a vid by you explaining how the magneosphere influences the polar vortex with extrapolations of it's current weakening and pole reversal/excursion effects added. Again great work!

[@storm14k]

Man forget everything else. This is the first explanation of the Coriolis force that I've ever seen that actually EXPLAINS it and doesn't just say "the spin of the earth" and shows some water draining.

[@catpoke9557]

Same. I actually know what it is now.

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

He is a very good explainer

[@kendexter]

Very well explained. interesting.. Now ...can you make a flatearter version as well of this vid