Summer 'polar vortex' cooling off parts of U.S. while the West bakes

Los Angeles Times ^ | 07/11/2014 | Christine Mai-Duc

[SeekAndFind]

Put away those shorts and tank tops, Chicago, and get ready for another "polar vortex."

That

[Yo-Yo]

RE: On the 4th of July they opened their windows in the evening to let some fresh air in the house

I take it there are no bugs and mosquitoes in Atlanta... :)

I don't know about Atlanta, but in Michigan we have these things on our windows. I think they're called...screens.

[Durus]

Are there no screens on the windows where you live? ;)

[Star Traveler]

It became part of the northern USA when the so-called “polar vortex” dropped down so far south ... :-) ...

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/

[UCANSEE2]

. Did any climate model predict a polar vortex?

Well... it would be an easy bet. There are always polar vortices. The only way they could not happen is if the planet stopped spinning.

Here, see for yourself.

WIND MAP OF EARTH (click to zoom, drag to move the planet)

[laplata]

I take it there are no bugs and mosquitoes in Atlanta... :)

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Window screens. :)

[Star Traveler]

[autumnraine]

Yeah the fourth and fifth was was really nice.

[fella]

We used to call these cold fronts “Canadian Clippers” or as Texicans say “Blue Northers” But Polar Vortex sounds way more scary and better to stampede sheep into accepting bad laws with.

[kalee]

We do have screens. ;)

[SamAdams76]

All this yip-yip-yapping about a “polar vortex” in July. Well I have yet to see it here in New England. Still wicked humid with thunderstorms in abundance.