In an article in today's Sydney Morning Herald, Peter Hannam reports on
what meteorologists refer to as a "bomb cyclone" forming in the North
Atlantic, Arctic and North Pole.
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Originally Posted by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald
The ferocious storm cell that spawned deadly tornadoes in the US over the weekend is expected to develop into what meteorologists call a "bomb cyclone", steering exceptionally warm air over the Arctic and more flooding rains into the UK.
One widely used computer model, the Global Forecast System, is predicting the storm to drop pressure levels sharply by Tuesday night, easily exceeding the "bomb cyclone" criteria of at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, according to the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang.
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Originally Posted by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald
The storm will also drag warm air over the high Arctic. with the North Pole temperatures likely to climb to 1-2 degrees above zero on Wednesday - or 41-42 degrees above average for this time of year:
"Needless to say, a 1-2 [degree] reading at the North Pole during late December is about as odd as witnessing Hell freezing over," Mr Scribbler wrote.
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Originally Posted by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald
The North Pole, shrouded in darkness at this time of year, is likely to be warmer than regions of southern California, Oklahoma and Texas, according to US meteorologist Eric Holthuas.
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SMH article here -
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/we...28-glw1u8.html
In the Washington Post, Jason Samenow reports -
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Originally Posted by Jason Samenow, Dec 28th 2015, Washington Post
The vigorous low pressure system that helped spawn devastating tornadoes in the Dallas area on Saturday is forecast to explode into a monstrous storm over Iceland by Wednesday.
Big Icelandic storms are common in winter, but this one may rank among the strongest and will draw northward an incredible surge of warmth pushing temperatures at the North Pole up to 70 degrees above normal. This is mind-boggling.
And the storm will batter the United Kingdom, reeling from recent flooding, with another round of rain and wind.
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Washington Post article entitled "Freak storm in North Atlantic to lash UK, may push temperatures 70(F) degrees above normal at North Pole" here -
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...at-north-pole/