The weather blog Severe Weather Europe provides an in-depth analysis of “cold anomalies across much of the central, southern, and eastern United States” after the start of the new year.
This news should excite our US readers since many of them have been experiencing higher-than-average temperatures due to El Niño.
Winter 2023/2024 has begun in a very dynamic way. Currently, we have a strong train of pressure waves across the Pacific and into North America. That will evolve into a strong low-pressure system, driving a powerful jet stream and warmer air over the United States, just to be replaced in early 2024 by a big cold weather pattern change.
A low-pressure area is forecast to develop over the North Pacific in the next few days and will produce a strong jet stream pattern that will push the mild ocean air into North America. But it is not forecast to last long, as proper winter is currently scheduled to arrive in January.
We will first look at the latest weather patterns and the unusual jet stream development forecast. You will also see how Winter is forecast to arrive in January, and we will also look at what is driving the atmosphere from one extreme to the other.
It’s going to be cold this winter ?
I’m waving a white flag already.
Did Dan say it was going to be like this?