GONZALEZ THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OF THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
>>> BACK TO THE COLD WEATHER
GRIPPING MUCH OF THE COUNTRY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEIL: -- ON MARS, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT.
GO TO THE WEATHER COMPANY
METEOROLOGIST, DAN LEONARD.
DAN, HOW BAD DOES IT GET?
>> NEIL, THIS IS PEAKING RIGHT
NOW.
THIS IS ABOUT THE WORST WE'LL
SEE.
MINUS 50 ON WINDCHILL IN CHICAGO
RIGHT NOW AS I SPEAK.
THIS IS ABOUT AS COLD WE'VE SEEN
EVER IN PARTS OF THE MIDWEST.
REMEMBER IN 2014 WE HAD THE
POLAR VORTEX HYPE.
WE'RE DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN
HERE.
THIS IS REALLY THE MOST INTENSE
COLD WE'RE GOING TO SEE.
IT IS PEAK TODAY IN THE MIDWEST,
THEN TOMORROW ON THE EAST COAST.
SO THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS THAT
WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT A ONE
TO TWO-DAY EVENT.
IN 2014 WE HAD SEVERAL DAYS,
SUCCESSIVE DAYS WHERE IT WAS
EXTREMELY COLD AND THAT IS NOT
THE CASE THIS TIME AROUND.
IT IS A QUICK HITTING POLAR
VORTEX SHOT.
THEN WE WARM UP QUICKLY.
NEIL: THESE VORTEXES I'M HEARING
A LOT MORE ABOUT THEM.
WILL WE HEAR A LOT MORE OF THEM?
>> IT IS POSSIBLE GOING FORWARD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
INTERESTING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
AND WHETHER, WHATEVER YOU
SUBSCRIBE GOING FORWARD, WHEN
YOU HAVE WARMER GLOBE, YOU HAVE
A STRONGER JET STREAM.
THAT INFLUENCES A LOT STRONGER
PATTERN AROUND DRIVE STRONGER
COLD FRONTS INTO THE LOWER 48.
YES, THERE IS SOME THEORY, IF
YOU HAVE A WARMER GLOBE, YOU
HAVE A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF
DEEPER COLD SHOTS, DEEPER ARCTIC
AIR MASSES INTO THE LOWER 48.
THAT IS ONE OF THE INTERESTING
FACETS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.
AS AN EXAMPLE OVER PAST 20 YEARS
OR SO, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF
ARCTIC, IMPRESSIVE COLD SHOTS.
I THINK WE HAVE MORE OF THE
SAME.
NEIL: YOU HAD TO ADD THAT,
DIDN'T YOU, DAN?
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
TO DAN'S POINT BY THE WAY,
UPSIDE DOWN LOOKING AT
AUSTRALIA, WE WERE HOSTING SOME
AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGE STUDENTS AT
OUR HOME.
THEY WERE TELLING ME BACK HOME
