TEMPERATURES PLUNGE TO -73F IN SIBERIA DURING LONGEST AND HARSHEST COLD SPELL ON RECORD

JANUARY 19, 2021 CAP ALLON

https://electroverse.net/temperatures-plunge-to-73f-in-siberia/

An Arctic air mass has engulfed practically ALL of transcontinental Russia since the beginning of December, 2020 resulting to many regions suffering their longest stretches of subzero cold on record.

Siberia in particular is currently in the midst of an abnormally long and harsh period of subzero cold, even by Russia’s standards.

As reported by the Associated Press on Jan. 14, the temperature in the Yakutia region of eastern Russia dropped below -40F (-40C) during the first week of December and hasn’t climbed above that since.

Over recent days, the mercury has sunk even further, to a staggering -58F (-50C), and beyond: “The main rule is not to stand in one place and to keep going and going,” was the advice given by Yakutsk resident Dmitry Kuznetsov.

Outside of a brief “warmup” to -24F (-31C) during the first few of days of January, the city of Yakutsk hasn’t registered a high temperature above 30F (minus 34C) since Dec. 8, 2020, reports accuweather.com — a new record.

Even colder air has settled into Delyankir, a small district located about 500 miles (800 km) to the northeast of Yakutsk. On Monday morning, Jan. 18, a low of -73F (-58.1C) was observed.

The breadth of the cold has been quite unprecedented, with record lows sweeping the entire 17.1 million km² Russian landmass, plus much of Europe, plus Greenland, plus a large portion of North America (particularly Canada).

And looking ahead, a further intensification of the cold is in the forecast.

The latest GFS run (shown below) reveals how far below normal these temperatures actually are — the “pinks” indicate 20C colder than average:

GFS 2m Temp Anomalies for Jan. 27 [tropicaltidbits.com].

Temperatures of -50 and below are forecast to continue across Siberia until the end of January, at least, while high above the Arctic something extraordinary could be brewing — there is the potential for not one, but two more splits to the Polar Vortex, notes @judah47 on Twitter:

As if things aren’t interesting enough already, by early February there is the potential for multiple Arctic air masses to engulf the entire Northern Hemisphere simultaneously.

That should wake a few sheep to the AGW ruse.

Stay tuned for updates.

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