Cold is the absence of heat. The little air molecules are just sitting there, not vibrating. We humans get a chill because all our internal chemical reactions need some heat energy to work.
Our world heat energy comes from the Sun, but more importantly, how the Pacific Ocean decides to capture that heat and distribute it. The Sun, shining on a desert, like the Australian Outback, heats it up for the day, and then all the heat energy leaves for the night.
This basic physics has been ignored since 2000, and now the physics comes back to bite us.
We have a slow clipper seeping down on us. The Pacific air side of the clipper is very cold.
Our warmth during the winter comes from the Gulfy, and/or the Pacific. Nothing there. The big question is when it will come back.
We have a long-lasting clockwise gyre, pumping the cold at us. We still have a good flow. I have no idea what all this means, since we are in totally new territory. The good news is that without any Atlantic heat, Europe will be in the same boat.
ps wind mills aren't happy at 40 below. Takes a while to clear the snow from solar panels.
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