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I’m listening to emergency Oklahoma Corporation Commission mtg and they’re saying SPP has given an “all clear.”
I went to see if I could find confirmation on @SPPorg website but it’s down. 😬
IMPORTANT-@OGandE has told customers to be prepared for outages.
#okwx #poweroutages
I went to see if I could find confirmation on @SPPorg website but it’s down. 😬
IMPORTANT-@OGandE has told customers to be prepared for outages.
#okwx #poweroutages
Here’s the tweet from @OGandE that came out while the meeting was happening. Emergency Oklahoma Corporation Commission meeting is now over.
Regarding reports of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt on a ski trip with his family....👇🏼
#okwx #WinterStorm #Oklahoma
#okwx #WinterStorm #Oklahoma
A #winterstorm2021 down to South #Texas?
Usually a strong polar vortex confines Arctic air to the north. It's stabilized by a high temp. gradient between low & high latitudes. The lower the gradient, the more the wind belts meander, transporting cold air south/warm air north.
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Usually a strong polar vortex confines Arctic air to the north. It's stabilized by a high temp. gradient between low & high latitudes. The lower the gradient, the more the wind belts meander, transporting cold air south/warm air north.
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Of course this happened from time to time in the past, but the more Global Warming will cause the Arctic to warm more relative to the mid latitudes (Arctic amplification), the more common this phenomenon might become.
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And while the globe is getting warmer on average, we will still see cold snaps and snow, in some regions maybe even more than before anthropogenic climate change.
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