Air Masses Flowing to the Poles

[sharick]

(NOTE: Poles meaning polar, as in north south types; not the wonderful people in northern Europe).

Uh, don’t look know, but there is a LOT of weather being directed at the poles right now. Weather here being defined as large air masses laden with dense water vapor.

NOTE: I DO refrain from posting every weather pattern anomaly I see, as THAT would assuredly overwhelm Forum 2.0 and get me booted off. The issue reported herein has been nagging at me for several days, just thought I would put it out for others to consider. Perhaps next time I can wax eloquent on the genius of the greatest 20th century philosopher, Bill Watterson. (200 nerds here will have to look him up, hehe.)

Broken weather has been “normal” for decades now, but that does not mean it is “natural.” This past week I’ve noticed a lot of streaming toward the poles. The westerly march of moisture along the equatorial latitudes +/- 10deg is miniscule and is apparently being collected in several points (e.g., Central America, SE Asia), concentrated for damage (e.g., Texas, Philippines) and directed north or south to the poles.

Band 14 of the NOAA viewers is good for seeing the water vapor. Do not look at visible cloud (Band 02) because it includes the vast fields of artificial clouds (pond scum) which have other purposes than to hold significant moisture. I’ve never seen so much red in Antarctica.

What happens when warmer-and-wetter-than-natural air masses continuously invade the polar climates? The Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which should be sources of many tropical (mid-latitude) maritime air masses, are devoid of any air mass development and movement; been that way for weeks or longer.

Central America has been hammered with unnatural storms this past month and the construction (notice I did not say development) of Nicholas is but the latest super-event of unnatural weather this summer. It will of course hammer Texas, Louisiana and the everything else as it marches, halts, marches, halts (ever play Red Light, Green Light as a child?) moving northeastward (also, don’t forget Waverly, TN). Funny how these storms somehow never deplete their supply of moisture once they get inland a bit. Same is likely happening in Taiwan and Philippines, but I don’t have time to track it all. Alas, I digress.

What will happen as a consequence of all those water laden air masses continuously visiting the poles? (Beyond the shrill cry of climate change I mean.) Lots of snow or lots of melt-off? As I said in my previous post, I am not a meteorologist, just the…

-Pattern Guy

[nperpetuity]

Thanks for the updates Pattern Guy- they are intriguing and very helpful.

[sharick]

Once upon a time, I think the what is shown in blue was in effect, jet streams. Nowadays, it is always contorted, forming the oddest shapes and boundaries, replete with shearing and the tightest of spinning knots. Kinda like those acrobats who can bring their feet over their backs to be in front of their face. So, is “blue” cause or “effect?” You decide. For me, I say Nicholas’s swirling faux eye (shown pummeling Houston at this moment, below) will sweep along the entire Gulf Coast. Who knows, maybe it will go around twice this time (the Gulf I mean).

Nicholas was fabricated and delivered as the real deal at the last moment, just like Henri, Fred, Ida, Larry, Olaf, Linda, etc. Always remember, “Normal is Not Necessarily Natural.” Here is Nicholas from Sep 10 at 7:00PM CST (photo courtesy of NOAA image viewer):

With enough exploding tomatoes (where DOES all that heat come from?? …shhh!), they could drive this one all the way to Greenland. Oh wait, that has been done before. Last night was entertaining, something akin to fishing. Although the bobber was moving at the same speed as the air mass, the fish surfaced and was moving away faster than the air mass (photo courtesy of NOAA image viewer).

They don’t even hide these things anymore, as nobody questions their very scientific sounding explanations, which of course, are attributed to man-made climate change. Interestingly, it is a conclusion I wholeheartedly agree with.

Oh, one last observation. The Gulf has been called “America’s Soft Underbelly” by people much more astute than me. It is a third coastline, vital to our economy, for both commerce and agriculture as well as energy resources. What happens when ALL the ports are in a shambles?

-Pattern Guy

[Krizani]

FWIW, Oregon is going to be slammed with a big cold front and tons of rain in the next week. This is after a whole summer without rain and very hot (including one day of 115 degrees).