Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Don't you bore me with talk of the jet stream, and our lack of winter and 70degree temps this weekend.

Don't you bore me with talk of the jet stream, and our lack of winter and 70degree temps this weekend.
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I stopped into the popular coffee shop Uncommon Grounds on Broadway in historic Saratoga Springs.
As I chatted with two regulars, the topic of the high temps., no snow winter, and the coming 70degree weekend came up.
On of us asked about the jet stream...what is it, and why should we care?
When one of us argued that climate change, the warming of world through human activity, causes the jet stream to move more to the extreme poles,,north and south...a lighbulb lit above us. (led bulb of course).

The northern jet stream has remained to the north of us all winter, preventing northern Artic and Canadian air from pushing out the warmer southern air.

So most of us can be bored with talk of jet streams and climate change.
Just bring on the good coffee.

http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=2

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