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Snow in the South
climate change triggers intense seasons
story: Emily Carden
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veryone loves getting a week off school to do absolutely nothing, however sometimes things like that come with a interesting turn of events. For the week of January 15 through the 19, schools all across Arkansas were shut down due to some unprecedented wintry precipitation. Arkansas as a whole usually only gets four inches of snow per year spread out over December, Janruary and February, but the state saw more than that
in a week. Some towns like Marshall received seven and a half inches of snow, while Central Arkasnas saw an average of three inches. Skot Covert, who is a part of the THV 11 meteorologist news team is an expert on global warming along with something called the polar vortex. “The polar vortex,” Covert, a three-time Emmy winner said, “is a large area of low pressure in the poles. Polar vortex’s are known for their cold temperatures.” “They aren’t anything new, rather, more people have
become familiar with them in recent years.” So what does the polar vortex have to do with us if it’s in the poles? “The vortex ‘wobbles’, especially in the winter months, and wobbles in a way that pushes a bunch of cold air further south into the U.S. This often results in unusually cold temperatures and more intense winter systems,” Skot explained. This led to more questions of how this might be affecting the local area of town. “One impact is on our
