By:AuthorAndrej Flis

Posted onPublished:14/03/2022

CategoriesGlobal weather

A strong “heatwave” is developing in the Polar circle, with surface temperatures up to 30 degrees above the long-term average. Strong pressure systems are driving a large air mass transport event, bringing warmer than normal temperatures into the Polar regions.

Strong pressure systems in the sub-polar regions are creating a “wind tunnel” from the North Atlantic into the Polar Circle. Now, a strong movement of air is underway, creating unusual weather conditions both in and out of the Polar regions.

As you will also see, one of the factors that even allows such strong anomalies is also the Gulf Stream and the entire Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC).

SPRING BEGINS

Looking first at the global temperature anomalies for March so far, we can see a large area of warmer than normal temperatures over the western Polar regions. As the warmer air moves into…