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hatrack

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Sun Jun 23, 2019, 11:45 AM Jun 2019

Rossby Waves, A Stuck Jet Stream, And Weather Extremes, Explained



Researching this topic right now – tough to understand, much less explain, but this video goes a long way, and I’ll be using this as a resource for the new Yale video I’m jamming on this week.

Below, compare current jet (6/22/19) with above vid, and Mike Mann’s diagram in Scientific American.

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EDIT

https://climatecrocks.com/2019/06/23/the-weekend-wonk-rossby-waves-and-extreme-weather/
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