Meteorologists descended upon Boston in mid-January for the 100th annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society. January is Boston’s coldest month, but during the weather conference, meteorologists experienced 75-degree temperatures.
“I was in shorts and a T-shirt,” said Jeff Weber, a research meteorologist at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
Overall, winter across the East Coast this year has been pretty pathetic.
A major reason why is the polar vortex — which is a circulating stream of air that forms over the Arctic during winter — has stayed rigid and in place, keeping its cold air mostly locked up north. Consequently, little of this exceptionally chilly air has dumped down into the U.S. this winter. Read more…
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