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The current Arctic cold bubble is super charged with ice cold air of -84C in the core (left picture Dec 1, 2022), 15% colder than last year ( right picture Dec 10,2021). The integrated total is 25% higher, which will shape up in a mega winter.
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The Arctic bubble continues to cool down at record pace, now -84C end of Nov. These numbers are rarely seen at its peak in December. As cold air is heavy and sinks to the surface, the bubble swallows warmer air from the oceans (red circle) and grows to a veritable monster
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By Jan 4, 2023 the frigid cold air will gravitate towards Europe again, whereas North America will get relief. The Arctic bubble is so big and cold that a warm up will not happen, even in NA. The whole winter is likely being exceptionally cold for the Northern hemisphere
You do not need a lot of maths to see that the left picture has absorbed a lot of more cold air than the right picture from last year. Eventually this cold air will be distributed over the Northern hemisphere resulting in a long and cold winter.
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As the polar vortex (left) weakens rapidly, it cannot hold the polar air bubble with centrifugal forces anymore and the bubble disintegrates (500hPa), releasing Arctic air to continents, which will put Europe including Spain, Italy, UK.... in a complete freeze by Jan23.
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As the stratospheric polar vortex is currently still strong and collecting warm air from oceans - funneling the public into the illusion of a mild winter - the Arctic prepares for an polar outbreak in Europe of historic dimensions by the second half of January.
..and statistically, strong winters are preceded by a warm fall. Nature is tricky, setting all kinds of trap for us - even for
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By Jan 22 the Arctic has accumulated an unprecedented amount of cold air (left, see white area, which is below scale in comparison Dec6,right). As the polar vortex weakens, this cold air will sweep over the continents in the second half of January leading to a cold winter
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The polar Vortex reaches -88C. The devil's herd of red eyed cows with steely hooves is plowing through the ragged polar sky chased by horses snorting fire, hunting down the last warm air bubble, cooling it down to -88C and preparing to unleash a tsunami of frigid cold air
The reason why October/November has been so warm was that the polar vortex is extremely strong and soaks up a lot of warm air from the oceans. This sweeped the continents with warm air travelling to the Arktis. This warm air is now cooled down in the Troposphere to -84C.
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By Dec 25 all of North America is covered by polar air as the center of gravitation of the polar break out shifts from Europe to NA. Most ignore what this means for
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demand and supply. I have never seen a chart like this. And I have seen a few winter storms.
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As I thought it can not get more intense, nature tops it again with a December 6 forecast beyond imagination. Barents Sea, Bering Sea, Grönland Street (red circle) are closed and poised to freeze off. Freezing line goes deep into the heart of the South (yellow circle).
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By Jan 27 the center of polar air is right over North America with -40C, an historic cold air mass. I am accumulating natgas derivatives for March. It is an outstanding opportunity, yet everybody has to decide on its own what to do with it.
Due to a rapidly weakening of the Arctic cyclone, the polar air bubble breaks up and expands over continents, flooding the US with extreme cold polar air deep into the South. It is a fantastic opportunity to grab and accumulate
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on the cheap over the next ten trading days
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As the polar cyclone weakens, it opens the floodgates for polar air to sweep the continents. Evidence gets stronger by the day that the first wave hits Europe (as predicted) on Jan 20. Especially UK will be hit by historically low temperatures in Scotland.
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Cold air has receded to the North Pole and is flowing now back over the continents creating an polar air tsunami of historic proportions. The models get colder and colder.
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As expected Europe is plunging into a deep freeze far into Spain, France, Italy by Jan 20. The models are getting colder by the day as the polar cyclone loses its grip over the cold air bubble covering the Northern hemisphere and polar air can expand over the continents..
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Despite forecasts for a warm up yesterday, the latest forecasts for Dec 19 are colder than ever for this time of the year. -20C for Central Europe and even -8C for Spain. And Scandinavia is going into extreme low temperatures.
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By Jan 23 Europe will be covered by deep snow from a surprising snow and cold chaos over this weekend deep into Italy, Sicily, Greece, Corsica,Sardinia,...even North Africa, which nobody has seen it coming - except the polar vortex.
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Models are improving by the hour. The polar outbreak extends now far into Texas, Louisiana, Alabama....by Jan 23. The bubble is now also visually gigantic.
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As the polar cyclone has been super strong until mid January, it will rapidly weaken until end of January and finally split by Feb 1. I have never seen the polar cyclone so strong and imploding so rapidly, which will give us a weather event of historic dimensions.
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German electricity generation runs basically on coal only. No wind, no solar, little nuclear, hydro and gas. Reality sinks in. The green hype is gone and delayed for at least ten years.
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Weather models are cooling by the day. European snow cover is forecast over half of Europe including Greece, Italy, Turkey, even Lebanon and North Africa reaching 3 foot of snow.
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Just in time for Jan 15 and the looming disintegration of the stratospheric polar vortex, the cold is back in Europe. An incredible high amount of frigid polar air has been accumulated in the Arctic, which is about to be distributed over the Northern hemisphere. Back in
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Europe is submerged by snow and the US will follow soon. Especially the SouthWest is about to be covered by a gigantic polar air mass of historic proportions.
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Polar break out on Feb1 comes now much earlier than expected as a massive polar air pocket, colder than the North Pole, flushes southwards deep into Texas due to weaker zonal winds. Chicago will be colder than the North Pole. The vortex has predicted it exactly.
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By mid Dec half of Europe will plunge into a deep freeze. London below zero from Thursday on. As this has not affected the US yet, it will get a fair share of the winter soon.
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By Jan 28 Europe plunges into a deep freeze, -20C and snow chaos. The US is not there yet, despite a polar air pocket hanging over Canada ready to flood southwards when the jet stream weakens. It is a tough game. Anybody who cannot stand the heat should stay out of it.
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The Arctic bubble is now extremely big and attracts more warm air (yellow). Can the blue bubble swallow the yellow bubble and grow even bigger or will the bubble disintegrate? The bursting bubble will sink the Northern hemisphere into a deep winter.
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The giant stratospheric polar vortex is in the midst of splitting up. When this happens the true winter will start around Jan 20 as the polar cyclone loses control over the polar bubble and polar air can flood the continents.
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To the astonishment of weather forecasters models (Jan17,23,31) are becoming colder and colder in Europe. This is exactly what the weakening of the polar vortex suggests. This will intensify as an historic strong vortex has accumulated a record amount of arctic cold air.
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This is the politically correct forecast. Last year NOAA did it for the last year and was completely wrong. They forecast EVERY year a mild winter. When the winter is strong they just move on and predict the next winter as mild.
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The polar vortex has a strong grip over the polar air bubble at high zonal winds accumulating massive amounts of warm air (yellow). This will change abruptly from Jan9, Jan12 and Jan14 when the vortex finally disintegrates, releasing the hounds over the continents again.
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The cold Arctic air mass is splitting up on the 500hPa level on Dec 4, leading to a vast cluster covering the Northern Hemisphere. The frigid polar air mass is 25% larger than last year, which forces polar air to flood the continents.
This works like a giant heat exchanger which transports warm air into the stratosphere, which is cooled down to extreme temperatures. This way the Arctic loads up with massive frigid air, which is then released after the end of the Arctic winter late December.
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The situation in the stratospheric sky is going to get a veritable thriller. The polar vortex will manage to cool down the warm air bubble (Dec 10, yellow) and is going to merge to form a mega nova. You can see how the eyes of both bubbles (red circles) are close to unite
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The giant air bubble in the stratosphere is so cold that it attracts a lot of warm air (yellow bubble). This happens usually in January when the bubble is on its culmination point. As this happens in the first week of Dec is a sign of massive generation of cold air.
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By Dec 14 Europe is forecast to sink in a deep freeze. As the Arctic is still in its accumulation phase of collecting cold air, January can be expected to be much, much colder when the Arctic floods the Northern hemisphere with polar air .
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The longer term mild forecasting models are now backpedalling to extreme cold in Europe. The Atlantic is blocked by a massive high over Iceland and polar air can invade Europe.
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Within a few weeks the polar vortex has slowed down from record strength on Jan9 to a shadow of itself by Feb6. The vortex predicts now a cold February for the history books.
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US average temperature fell briefly below 30F this morning or -13.4F below normal. If we get this low in January it would be a strong winter, yet to get this low in November is an absolute sensation.
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On Nov 15 I have been estimating a strong winter due to the +25% higher activity of the polar vortex, which goes from accumulating to distributing frigid cold over the continents. The tsunami of cold air is coming to the US exactly 1 month later at all mighty consequences
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The strength of the polar vortex triggers further accumulation of cold air in the Arctic, which entails a temporary warm up on continents. However, the Arctic prepares for a disintegration and distribution of cold air on every level (2m, 850hPa, 500 hPa, 10 hPa clockwise)
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On Jan 9 the polar cyclone is super strong, much stronger than I have ever seen during Jan. On Jan 27 the cyclone will be reduced to a shadow of itself and vanish until end of Jan and cannot hold the polar bubble together anymore. Polar air will sweep the continents soon.
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The polar cyclone weakens dramatically from Jan 9 (left) to Jan 25, leading to a massive outbreak of polar air to continents in 10 days. Forecasters still mourn the mild weather, yet the polar cyclone, which is on top of the command chain for the weather, says otherwise.
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By Jan 15 the gigantic stratospheric polar vortex is about to be swallowed by an even greater monster bubble of warm air from Oceans. This will have an big impact on the weather of the Northern hemisphere as involved air masses are unusually big.
By November 23 much of the US and Europe will plunge into a deep freeze. It looks this is going into a perma freeze as the following days will not bring relief. The Arctic is loaded with frigid air (the white fields indicate < -40 C out of scale temperatures !!!!).
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A comparison between the stratospheric vortex of Dec29 (right), 2021 and Dec29, 2022 ( left) shows the current Arctic cyclone is much more active than last year. The Arctic is still accumulating and cooling a lot of air from Oceans leading to many more storms this winter
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In Jan 22 the Arctic polar air bubble shows the same shape as in Dec22, as a large amount of polar air invaded NA and EU. This time the bubble at 500hPa is much larger AND colder with extreme pockets over UK (-38C) and Siberia (-50C) triggering extreme cold by end of Jan.
It works like an air tsunami. First, frigid cold air is accumulated and glued to the North Pole, creating the illusion of a warm winter on continents. When the vortex and centrifugal forces are weakening, the polar air is released to continents.
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As the current cool down is accepted by weather forecasters, the question remains what will happen beyond the current cold wave. The comparison between the polar vortex Jan 1, 23 (left) and Jan 1, 22 shows that the Arctic is still hyperactive and a warm up is unlikely.
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Chances for an 'event' are increasing by the hour. By Jan28 the polar cyclone will be almost gone, which will stop zonal West winds and unleash a massive tsunami of polar air on continents.
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Warm air is trying to attack and prick the polar vortex. Over the next few days we will see if this will happen. A disintegration of the giant bubble, which is around 25% bigger than last year, will certainly intensify the flood of frigid air to the continents.
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A comparison of polar bubble temperatures reveals that the bubble has not got bigger since Dec 1 (right), yet will be much colder on Jan 17 (larger white area). When the bubble disintegrates and bursts all this extreme cold air will be distributed over the continents.
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By Jan 28, just in time for the disintegration of the stratospheric polar vortex, polar air on the 500 mb level disintegrates too and covers Europe and North America with a massive dome of polar air.
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By Jan 28 the polar air bubble disintegrates and a big chunk of polar air (-46C, yellow circle) has left the North Pole and is gyrating towards Texas.
The super strong stratospheric bubble bursts in Jan 20 (Dec27, Jan16, Jan18, Jan20 clockwise). Zonal winds will subside and the Arctic cyclone loses its grip over the polar air bubble. This opens the gate for polar air to flood the continents and is a signal to step into
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When the Arctic winter ends on Dec 22, the stratospheric polar vortex at 10hPa looks fragile (left chart). This will be the trigger for the Arctic to release the hounds and flood the continents with frigid cold air (middle 500hPa, right 850hPa).
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The stratospheric polar vortex swallows vast amounts of warm air (yellow), pumping the Arctic up with large amounts of frigid air. This causes temporarily milder conditions on continents, yet prepares a tsunami of cold air later during the winter.
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Asset losses at small commercial banks accelerated again to a record $-236bn. As long term rates soared last week, the losses will reach $-300bn soon and will become a challenge for the banking sector again.
By December 23 the Arctic is loaded with frigid cold air up to - 88C. It is important to understand that this air has double the density than normal air. The amount of cold is gigantic. When this air expands and spills over into the continents we will get a small ice age.
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It is impressive how fast the stratospheric vortex implodes by Jan29 (left) as warm air swallows the remains of a once mighty vortex (Jan9, right). This will reduce centrifugal forces and zonal winds, which will open the gates for polar air to flood continents.
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The strong stratospheric polar vortex fills up the lower levels of the Arctic with frigid air. Between Nov 30 and Dec 16 the 850hPa level close to surface, increases frigid cold air by > 50% in just two weeks. This frigid air is now waiting to flood continents.
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The winter intensifies in Europe and up to 20 inches of snow cover are expected in January. Polar cyclone temperatures have been -20C below average, which explains the mild temperatures. The rapid warming up in the stratosphere will give way to an historically cold winter
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As the tide turns slowly on the surface, big changes are happening in the Stratosphere where the strongest vortex I have ever seen (left) is slowed down to a trickle less -68C from -88C and less volume. It reduces centrifugal forces on the oceans leading to a cold winter
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Coldest Christmas in decades is looming. Few actually believe it and think it is just noise. In my view this winter is much colder than many before and a few more winter storms will follow.
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The status in the Stratosphere is now quickly changing and the temperature goes from extreme cold (strength Jan9) to extreme weakness. As the change is gradual, London goes from below zero C already next week, to much lower temps beyond next week at accelerating speed.
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Once in a generation winter storm sends wind chill warnings to the South. Absent zonal winds cannot prevent the flooding of the continent with polar air. The polar cyclone has lost its grip over the polar air bubble = more flooding of cold to come.
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As the situation in the stratosphere escalates (left) a cold wave starts rolling over Europe as models steeply turned colder (Jan 16, 19, 26 clockwise), which will intensify until end of Jan. I have got narrowly stopped out on my US fut, yet my UK fut are still running.
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Within 20 days, the frigid air mass in the Arctic stratosphere will morph into a cold monster, which will spill over into the Northern Hemisphere. The increased size, yet more important the deeper color, indicate temperatures of up to -80C.
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As the polar cyclone loses its grip over the Northern hemisphere air bubble, it expands like a Kraken, bringing pockets of polar air deep into the Mediterranean, Turkey, Midwest... Be greedy when others are fearful, yet always work with a stop. We do not know the bottom.
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Within five days the stratospheric temperature has shot up +45C from -75C to -30C. The vortex has now the same strength as during the summer=zero. This will have serious consequences on the weather on continents as this will stop zonal winds.
If you are a meteorologist and this doesn’t get you excited for Winter Weather forecasting, you need to check for a pulse. Run after run of both the GFS and ECM are indicating a major disruption and stretch of the Stratospheric
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did break down again as polar air cannot yet flood North America, despite a massive congestion of polar air over Canada. However, the polar outbreak is more and more confirmed over Europe, where polar air is forecast to sweep deep into the Mediterranean ( right chart).
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The comparison of the polar air mass (500 hPa) on Nov26 and forecast Dec 11 shows how the Arctic air mass expands -nearly doubling in just two weeks. The stratospheric vortex is highly active in cooling down vast amounts of air from oceans and disposing it on the surface
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By Jan 10 the polar frigid air bubble is still compact as the polar cyclone is unusually strong. However, by Jan 18 the polar cyclone loses its grip over the bubble, which disintegrates and large pockets of frigid air are sweeping into California, Nevada, North Africa...
Within two weeks the still strong polar vortex (Jan23 left) completely collapses by Feb8. Last year this happened in mid March, which has been followed by a massive surge in
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🥶 Parts of North America may have their coldest Christmas for 30 years
📉 This follows record breaking temperatures, including a fall of nearly 18 degrees Celsius in 9 minutes in Cheyenee, Wyoming and wind chill values of minus 55°C
How may this affect the UK's weather? 👇
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Having predicted a mild winter, even NOAA has changed its mind and predicts -15C in Germany by mid December. Evidence for a cold wave is mounting
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The Arctic bursts with frigid cold air, which breaks out and floods the continents, down deep into Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. This is how an polar air tsunami looks like. As many in the US Southeast still may wonder about the mild winter, they will be surprised soon.
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UK electricity prices soared to nearly €1000 per MWh as wind capacity utilisation slumped to 1.44% (only 568MW out of 39.5 GW are operational). 21.9 GW comes from gas. This is the dilemma of renewables. You do not have it when you need it the most
The storage withdrawal of -202 bcf is rather conservative given the forecast Arctic break out around Christmas. This is how a tsunami of polar air looks like. I have never seen anything like this. And we are still in December.
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After the GFS & ECMWF trended colder overnight, I'm now projecting a huge -202 BCF
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storage withdrawal for Dec 17-23, easily the largest draw for the week in the last 5 yrs. This is still preliminary & will undoubtedly change as the forecast evolves but, still, impressive.
Basically it says Texas, New Mexico... will have the same temperatures as the North Pole in about ten days. This is not only about demand, yet about supply too.
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Huge snowfall in the Alps. Next week extreme cold is forecast in Europe. It is ice cold in London and the wind is coming from NorthWest. We will see how this turns out.
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As many think current temperatures are extreme, the forecast for Dec 5 looks even more extreme. Average temperatures 8C ( 35F) are coming deep down to Louisiana and Texas, the rest of the US on average deeply below zero C ( 30F).
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By Dec 15 the Arctic is overflowing with frigid air and a gigantic cluster (red circle) of frigid air splits from the Arctic circle, increasing the chances for an Arctic mid December in North America.