US Faces Extreme Weather: Blizzard, Polar Vortex, Heat Dome, and Atmospheric River Simultaneously
The United States is currently experiencing a barrage of extreme weather events across the country, with forecasts predicting record-breaking heat in the Southwest, heavy snow in the Great Lakes region, and Arctic chills invading the Midwest and East due to a strong polar vortex. This follows recent “weather whiplash” in the East, where unseasonably warm temperatures were abruptly followed by snow. Experts attribute these widespread extremes to a volatile jet stream, a phenomenon increasingly linked to climate change.
John Q. Hosedrinker