December 7, 2005.

1330z.

Wow. The Two Vortices are huge. I've never seen them this prominent with a reach across a hemisphere. The North Pacific and North Atlantic Vortex.

Kindly note below the temperature map. There is a severe change in mercury temperature as soon as one looks south of the influence of these vortices.

Now.

One has to ask. Do these vortices bring hot aire are up or cold air down? Where is the cold aire coming from? The Arctic Ocean. How can an ocean of ice distribute all those calories to southern latitudes without eventually disappearing? The European picture is not of frigid aire. Iceland is warm compared to this in the forties. The Arctic Circle is above freezing on this 7th day of December 2005.