This is what the jet stream looks like now. Note that the UK is in a relatively calm airflow whilst a north-westerly jet stream is pounding northern Spain and Valencia, so I imagine it’s fairly unsettled and cool there at the moment. Any holiday makers looking for winter sun are going to be a bit disappointed.
LOL. The 'climate crisis'/man-made Thermageddon obsessed Guardian is having to report on severe cold in Russia and China and in the US due to blocking high pressure, which, though they don't say it, is directly related to the quite extreme meridional northern hemisphere jet stream configuration we're currently seeing. They're also having to admit that the useless 'renewables' which they have consistently championed as the 'solution' to that alleged 'climate crisis' are not going to meet energy demand in Europe.
"A large area of high pressure covering the whole of eastern Europe is bringing severely low temperatures across Siberia. In a part of the world where temperatures are often below freezing at this time of year, the mercury has been 20C to 25C below average in areas over the weekend, with central and eastern Russia experiencing temperatures widely of -25C to -45C.
Incredibly, by Wednesday, the huge area of high pressure affecting Russia and China will stretch all the way into the UK with an easterly wind sweeping cold air westwards across Europe. Away from Russia, there will also be a lot of cloud within this easterly flow across much of Europe. While demand for energy will increase because of the low temperatures, the low amounts of sunshine, below average wind and reduced precipitation mean that energy produced by renewable sources will be well below normal.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic Ocean, central and western parts of the US another cold plunge is expected at the start of this week as cold air dives south from Canada once again as an area of low pressure tracks north-east. However, warm, moist air will be drawn up from the Gulf of Mexico on the eastern flank of the low pressure, bringing a risk of severe thunderstorms and potentially tornadoes to several southern states on Tuesday, especially Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. As the low pressure continues to track north-east through the week, colder air will eventually affect eastern parts of the US as well."
We had this in midwinter 2010 with a blocking high stuck over Europe for about a month, freezing temperatures and no wind or solar. It didn’t impact on the grid then because the reliance on wind and solar at that time was so low. This time will be very different.
On a cold winter's day under an anticyclone with light winds, the folly of the green zealotry becomes clearer. If snow falls and we remain under an E/NE flow the grid will be teetering on collapse. Also to compound matters, it quite possible that what is leading to this set up will cycle round to repeat later in the month and into Jan. Add an ssw and it could be a real Winter of Discontent.
LOL. The 'climate crisis'/man-made Thermageddon obsessed Guardian is having to report on severe cold in Russia and China and in the US due to blocking high pressure, which, though they don't say it, is directly related to the quite extreme meridional northern hemisphere jet stream configuration we're currently seeing. They're also having to admit that the useless 'renewables' which they have consistently championed as the 'solution' to that alleged 'climate crisis' are not going to meet energy demand in Europe.
"A large area of high pressure covering the whole of eastern Europe is bringing severely low temperatures across Siberia. In a part of the world where temperatures are often below freezing at this time of year, the mercury has been 20C to 25C below average in areas over the weekend, with central and eastern Russia experiencing temperatures widely of -25C to -45C.
Incredibly, by Wednesday, the huge area of high pressure affecting Russia and China will stretch all the way into the UK with an easterly wind sweeping cold air westwards across Europe. Away from Russia, there will also be a lot of cloud within this easterly flow across much of Europe. While demand for energy will increase because of the low temperatures, the low amounts of sunshine, below average wind and reduced precipitation mean that energy produced by renewable sources will be well below normal.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic Ocean, central and western parts of the US another cold plunge is expected at the start of this week as cold air dives south from Canada once again as an area of low pressure tracks north-east. However, warm, moist air will be drawn up from the Gulf of Mexico on the eastern flank of the low pressure, bringing a risk of severe thunderstorms and potentially tornadoes to several southern states on Tuesday, especially Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. As the low pressure continues to track north-east through the week, colder air will eventually affect eastern parts of the US as well."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/28/weather-tracker-temperatures-plunge-as-low-as--45c-in-parts-of-russia
The Green commies will still blame it on CO2. It is their religion, and source of social control
https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/
This is what Geo-engineering looks like.
(Adjusting tin foil hat...but honestly, two hurricanse in a row hittinfg Flordia one on each coast?)
We had this in midwinter 2010 with a blocking high stuck over Europe for about a month, freezing temperatures and no wind or solar. It didn’t impact on the grid then because the reliance on wind and solar at that time was so low. This time will be very different.
Fascinating. Is there an easy link to get up to speed on the jet stream in general and also how to interpret these charts?
On a cold winter's day under an anticyclone with light winds, the folly of the green zealotry becomes clearer. If snow falls and we remain under an E/NE flow the grid will be teetering on collapse. Also to compound matters, it quite possible that what is leading to this set up will cycle round to repeat later in the month and into Jan. Add an ssw and it could be a real Winter of Discontent.