The balmy weather in Siberia
It's supposed to hit -60.
From
Watts Up With That:
Northeast Siberia braces for extreme cold of -60C
Can you imagine going out to this Stevenson Screen in Verkhojansk and taking a reading in - 60C cold? Let�s count our blessing here in the USA and Canada that we don�t have to deal with these kinds of temperatures, yet.
Anthony then quotes the Russian News and Information Agency:
Northeast Siberia braces for extreme cold of -60C
15/12/2008 12:45 YAKUTSK, December 15 (RIA Novosti) - Temperatures in the northeast Siberian republic of Yakutia could fall to minus 60 degrees Celsius (minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit) in the next few days, the local meteorological service said Monday.
With average low temperatures in Yakutia dropping below minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight, weather in the town of Verkhoyansk dropped overnight to minus 53 degrees Celsius (minus 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit), while in Oymyakon it reached minus 57 degrees Celsius (minus 70.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
�However, this is not the limit - in the next few days weather in the town of Krestyakh could drop below minus 58 degrees Celsius (minus 72.4 degrees Fahrenheit),� the meteorological service spokesman said.
The spokesman added that the current spell of extremely cold weather was due to an influx of cold polar air masses.
That Anthropogenic Global Warming is really starting to harsh my mellow...
Posted by DaveH at December 16, 2008 4:54 PM