North Pole forecast to warm 50 degrees above normal Thursday
The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends
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| GFS model simulation of temperature difference from normal Thursday. (WeatherBell.com) |
Arctic sea ice levels are at a record lows. In November, the Arctic usually gains ice, but over a period of five days it saw 19,000 square miles of ice cover vanish, which NOAA called “almost unprecedented”.
It’s not normal, and it’s happening again.
For the second year in a row in late December and for the second time in as many months, temperatures in the high Arctic will be freakishly high compared to normal.
Computer models project that on Thursday, three days before Christmas, the temperature near the North Pole will be an astronomical 40-50 degrees warmer-than-normal and approaching 32 degrees, the melting point.
Read more at the Washington Post
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