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Will The Texas Power Grid Survive Next Week’s Polar Vortex?
Will The Texas Power Grid Survive Next Week’s Polar Vortex? The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center forecasts extreme cold weather “across the heart of the country this weekend and is expected to continue into next week.” We previewed this cold blast in a note titled “Gobsmackingly Bananas”: Weather Models Predict Polar Vortex Invasion Into US. […]
A “Textbook” Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event Appears To Be Unfolding
A “Textbook” Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event Appears To Be Unfolding Meteorologists on social media channel X are posting weather models about the increasing threat of a so-called sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) over the Arctic, which could unleash wintry weather across the eastern half of the US in the new year. “A textbook sudden stratospheric warming […]
Mount Washington Observatory As Cold As Mars With Record-Breaking Wind Chill
Mount Washington Observatory As Cold As Mars With Record-Breaking Wind Chill The polar vortex that moved in yesterday has been nothing short of impressive. Records were broken at the Mount Washington Observatory (MWObs) in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. At 6,288 feet, MWObs is located at the highest peak in the Northeast and has some of the most […]
Siberia Records Minus-80 Degrees As Talk Of Polar Vortex Grows
Siberia Records Minus-80 Degrees As Talk Of Polar Vortex Grows Several weeks after the Christmas Arctic blast, much of the US and Europe have enjoyed record warmth. Recall on Dec. 27, we noted the cold air mass from Siberia that spread across the continental US would dissipate into the new year. So far, this is correct, as […]
“Potential Polar Vortex Event” Could Spark Bullish Reversal In NatGas
“Potential Polar Vortex Event” Could Spark Bullish Reversal In NatGas Since mid-October, U.S. natural gas futures have been beaten down 40% as the narrative of colder weather and tight supplies quickly flipped and crushed bullish traders. As the Northern Hemisphere winter is less than two weeks away, new weather models suggest “significantly colder” temperatures could return for […]
Signs The Worst Winter in Years is Coming
Signs The Worst Winter in Years is Coming “You think winter will never end, and then, when you don’t expect it, when you have almost forgotten it, warmth comes and a different light” – Wendell Berry. It’s hard to think about winter when many regions are broiling in the sun right now, but there are […]
Spanish Energy Markets Roiled Amid Chilling Temps
Spanish Energy Markets Roiled Amid Chilling Temps A cold snap across Spain is expected to last through mid-January has resulted in natural gas prices more than doubling in the last week, according to Bloomberg. LNG prices trading at Spain’s Punto Virtual de Balance (PVB) gas trading hub hit a record 51.55 euros ($63.13) a megawatt-hour this week, […]
Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?
Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather? The past week has seen some brutal weather hitting the US and Canada. With cold Arctic air plunging south down to the US midwest, six states have seen temperatures lower than the south pole and at least eight people have died due to the extreme […]
New Jersey Nuclear Reactor Shut Down By Polar Vortex
New Jersey Nuclear Reactor Shut Down By Polar Vortex After the Arctic polar vortex brought temperatures in parts of Canada to record lows that, in some places, rivaled the temperatures on the surface of Mars (not to mention leaving nine people dead), the infamous Arctic air has notched another milestone: It has shut down a nuclear reactor […]
WTF Just Happened with Natural Gas?
WTF Just Happened with Natural Gas? If you blinked, you missed it. The price of natural gas for December delivery plunged 19% on Thursday, the biggest percentage plunge since February 2003. This comes after futures prices had skyrocketed 20% on Wednesday to $4.931 per million Btu intraday, before settling at $4.837, the highest settlement price […]
Why Natural Gas Prices Will Rise This Summer
Why Natural Gas Prices Will Rise This Summer Record production of natural gas is snuffing out any price rally that might have occurred from the bout of cold weather this winter. The gas market saw a jolt at the end of December and in early January due to extremely cold temperatures across much of the […]
“Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event” Fractures The Polar Vortex In Two
“Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event” Fractures The Polar Vortex In Two “This split of the polar vortex will shift the upper atmospheric pattern such that the coldest airmass is located in western North America as well as over parts of Europe. This will allow for a ridge of high pressure to amplify in the eastern US, […]
Northeast Facing Record-Low Temperatures As Polar Vortex Returns
Northeast Facing Record-Low Temperatures As Polar Vortex Returns The return of the dreaded polar vortex is battering much of the eastern US this week, sending temperatures well into freezing territory and close to record lows – a phenomenon that could persist for much of the week leading up to Thanksgiving. According to the New York […]
What is the Polar Vortex? How does it work?
What is the Polar Vortex? How does it work? Monday, March 28, 2016, 1:48 PM – It is safe to say 2014 was the year ‘polar vortex’ muscled its way into the public lexicon for talking about the weather, and for good reason. The winter of 2013/2014 was bitterly cold across much of North America. […]
East Coast Celebrates Christmas With Warmest Weather On Record
East Coast Celebrates Christmas With Warmest Weather On Record It was just 10 months ago that Boston smashed its all time snowfall record, and the US was blanketed in freezing weather from west to east as the Polar Vortex unleashed cold air for the second year in a row. It was so cold, the GDP […]
