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Cold Snap in Korea due to Ural Blocking |
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For the last few weeks in Korea, the weather has been extremely severe cold with record low in 15 years. One day in the last week was minus 18 degree Celsius with wind chill temperature of around minus 25 degree Celsius. The main reason for this severe coldness was global warming which sound weird to ordinary people. Most people in Korea during the last weekend stayed at home without going outside due to the icy blast. In general, a band of jet stream blocks the cold air flowing from the North Pole. But in this winter, the glacier layers have been melted much more and faster than before, so the power of blocking by jet stream became weaker than normal. Also, there is the Ural mountain chain that divides Asia and Europe, which makes the weak jet stream wavy around the Ural mountain chain. Korea is located in northeast Asia, which coincidentally became in the middle of severe cold air pushed by the jet stream expansion due to the Ural mountain chain. There were not only Korea, but also other countries such as Turkey, Rumania and America, all of which were experiencing record cold snap. * reference: www.sbs.co.kr |
    
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Soram, I've been hearing news from my dad back in Korea as well as from newsarticles from Naver, I heard that the situation is very extreme.. Stay warm!
Posted 29-01-2016 13:12
Oh my God, so intense cold.
I remember my days in Korea last year around this time only. It was so much cold that time as well.
Take care Soram, Christy, Erika, & all other Korean friends. I hope the cold phase will pass soon.
Posted 28-01-2016 13:37
Wow. I believe Luiz Bispo and our eco family are doing well. Thanks for the report
Posted 28-01-2016 02:11
I hope everybody is fine there.It's strange to know the fact that global warming can not just be a reason to lower the earth's temperature but it can also cause severe winters in some parts of the world!!
Posted 28-01-2016 02:00
I have been reading in papers about unusually cold weather in many places including Korea. Take care, keep yourself warm. Thanks for sharing the details on Ural mountains.
Posted 28-01-2016 00:50