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ljgeoffSome weather scientists are thinking that with the shrinking of the polar ice cap, Greenland will become the new "north pole"- weather wise. That means, instead of winds circulating around the arctic ocean, they'll circulate around Greenland.
I'm not a weather scientist, but I wonder about how that'll work out with the Coriolis effect and the wonky jet stream. Maybe there'll be some kind of dipole? The main thing I wonder about is if this winter polar air mass is going to be a regular feature of Great Lakes weather for a while because from what I understand, the jet stream is looping around the west coast's Ridiculously Resilient Ridge, dipping almost to the gulf coast and then bouncing off the southern coast of Greenland. Today, the Great Lakes seems to be the weather "north pole."
I'm not a weather scientist, but I wonder about how that'll work out with the Coriolis effect and the wonky jet stream. Maybe there'll be some kind of dipole? The main thing I wonder about is if this winter polar air mass is going to be a regular feature of Great Lakes weather for a while because from what I understand, the jet stream is looping around the west coast's Ridiculously Resilient Ridge, dipping almost to the gulf coast and then bouncing off the southern coast of Greenland. Today, the Great Lakes seems to be the weather "north pole."