The jet stream is calm. It's boring. No real turbulence that we saw earlier. It's not carrying heat over the Blue Ice. Therefore, one has to come to some kind of conclusion in that when Vostok is at warmer temperatures, 'the heat transfer' over the Blue Ice is having an effect on the severity of the coldness in that location. In otherwords when the heat is carried by the Antarctica vortex over the Blue Ice there is a heat transfer that SUBLIMES the Blue Ice enough to cool the air mass causing it to become heavier than the surrounding air mass of the lower elevations and it' decends to the lower elevations.

Now, I also stated as the sun migrated to the north, hopefully the 'heat' over the Blue Ice would abate and this cycle would stop. I still am hopeful that will happen because the lower altitude reporting stations are not severely hot today, just yet. That could change quickly.

Base Orcadas, Antarctica

Elevation: 20 ft / 6 m

Temperature :: 36 °F / 2 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity: 73%

Dew Point: 31 °F / -1 °C

Wind: 23 mph / 37 km/h from the NW

Wind Gust: -

Pressure: 28.96 in / 981 hPa (Rising)

Visibility: 6.0 miles / 10.0 kilometers

UV: 1 out of 16

Clouds: Mostly Cloudy 1181 ft / 360 m

(Above Ground Level)