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Surprising Return of North Atlantic Circulation Pump. http://media-newswire.com/release_1083196.html Not surprising i say since ocean temps were below normal in the north atlantic since about 7 years when it last happened.But the main reason are the winds aloft which brought the cold air and and storms made a southerly track via the labrador current so waters were kinda stable along the north atlantic.

Alaska makes the headlines. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_...ka_extreme_cold This frigid air will make its way southeast into the lower 48 the next 10 days or so. We will making the news like Europe and Alaska/Canada has in recent weeks. Could make things interesting come Inauguration Day.

Current temp for France selected cities ( 10:32 EST ) Poitiers/Biard (120 m) -10.0° Melun (92 m) -10° Metz-Nancy-Lorraine (264 m) -10° Le Puy/Loudes (833 m) -10.3° Luxeuil (273 m) -11° Cambrai (77 m) -11° Metz/Frescaty (192 m) -11° Colmar (220 m) -11° Nancy/Ochey (351 m) -11.1° Strasbourg/Entzheim (153 m) -11.1° Troyes/Barberey (118 m) -12.0° Beauvais/Tille (111 m) -13° Warmest: Figari (23 m) 10°

Ok, mais ce n'est seulement qu'une hypothèse. Les pôles vont très bien cette année, les glaces du pôle nord sont au meme niveau quand 1979. Je crois que les prévision sur 100 ans sont faites sur une trop longue période. Si on veut des prévisions, 10 à 30 ans serait la bonne option, et les vérifications seraient plus faciles alors on pourrait mieux se préparer que de toujours se baser sur le 100 ans. 100 ans sera toujours 100 ans si on le dit à chaque année. The ice could be at the same level like in 1979 . But you must understand how much thick years old ice is there. As the sun set in the Arctic with the advent of autumn, seasonal ice growth was initially quite rapid, but slowed during early November. Average ice extent in December was well below average and very close to that measured in 2007. Heading into 2009, the Arctic sea ice cover is again young and thin; given this set-up, a continuation of well-below-average sea ice extent in 2009 is a near certainty.

From Accu Weather, B. Anderson Storm potential early next week Early next week, a tremendous amount of jet stream energy will be diving into eastern North America as the overall pattern across North America really starts to amplify. With all this energy coming toward the East Coast, there should be a storm developing off the Northeast coast of the United States sometime Tuesday. The big questions are where will this storm initiate and how fast does it intensify. Computer models are still unsure on whether or not all this energy comes together (phases) and leads to a major coastal storm. The European model seems to be the strongest, showing a rapidly deepening storm east of Cape Cod, Mass., Tuesday evening and taking it up through the Maritimes early Wednesday as a monster storm. The American model keeps the energy unphased for a longer period, leading to a slower developing storm and one that probably tracks farther out to sea. I am leaning toward the European model at this point, since I think there will be a tremendous amount of potential on the weather map Tuesday with the strong jet and the Arctic air poised to sweep in on the back side of the storm. I favor the region from eastern Maine through southern and central New Brunswick, through northern Nova Scotia as the area that could get a major snowstorm late Tuesday through early Wednesday. I think the storm may end up developing too far north to have much impact on the Middle Atlantic and southern New England region. Once this storm moves by, regardless of what model is right, strong northwest winds will usher in much colder air across eastern Canada, with the main surge of bitterly cold air getting in later Thursday and into the weekend. By the way, the core of the cold will be over the heart of the Prairies on Wednesday with sub -30 c temperatures as a 1050+ mb Arctic high builds in. NOW THE MODELS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THIS ONE AND STILL TO EARLY TO TELL BUT ITS A 50/50 CHANCE THAT THIS MONSTER STORM COULD DEVELOP. IT WILL ALL DEPEND ON THE TIMING AND ENERGY PHASES LIKE BRETT SAID, IF IT ALL COMES TOGETHER. NOW IF IT WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN QUEBEC IT WILL ALL DEPEND ON HOW FAR WEST THE STORM WILL DEVELOP.

Tu pourrais mentionner la source pour l'image qui est Brett Anderson sur Accuweather ! As you can see in the graph the arctic core of cold will slowly spread east after the 13, but a storm system will affect possibly Southern Quebec before that. GRAFS ARE FROM COLA. For David

Tu pourrais mentionner la source pour l'image qui est Brett Anderson sur Accuweather ! ok brett anderson accuweather VOILA !!!

1. Next week major snow storm possible for Southern Quebec. 2. Major arctic air will flood central Canada then head east.

Total snow storm forcast. This will give a idea as to how much snow Southern Quebec will have at the end of the storm. Just add 1 to 2 inches to the totals along the canadian/ american border and points north to north east should have the highest amounts.

Selected current coldest temp: Baruth (55 m) -23.1° Germany Elsenborn (570 m) -20° Belgium Jelenia Gora (344 m) -26.6° Poland Eindhoven (22 m) -17.1° Netherlands

Current temps in France.... Temp. Ajaccio/Campo Oro (9 m) 9.6° Solenzara (22 m) 9° Bastia/Poretta (12 m) 8.1° Figari (23 m) 8° Kap Cepet (136 m) 4.2° Nice (27 m) 4.1° Hyeres/Le Palyvestr (4 m) 4° Cannes (8 m) 4° Ploumanach (58 m) 3.2° Perpignan/Rivesalte (47 m) 2.7° La Hague (12 m) 2.4° Marseille/Marignane (32 m) 1.2° Lannion/Servel (87 m) 1° Brest/Guipavas (99 m) 0.1° Montpellier/Frejorgues (8 m) 0.1° Cherbourg/Maupertus (138 m) 0° Dax (33 m) 0° Salon-de-Provence (60 m) 0° Beziers/Vias (17 m) 0° Carcassonne (130 m) 0° Istres (24 m) 0° Nimes/Garons (96 m) 0° Montelimar (74 m) -0.5° Biarritz/Anglet (71 m) -1° Chambery/Aix Bains (235 m) -1° Orange (55 m) -1° Mont-de-Marsan (60 m) -1.9° Lyon/Bron (202 m) -2° Saint-Brieuc Armor (138 m) -2° Pau/Pont-Long-Uzein (183 m) -2° Toulouse/Francazal (166 m) -2° Le Talut (43 m) -2.2° St Girons (412 m) -2.3° Embrun (876 m) -2.4° Toulouse/Blagnac (154 m) -2.4° Tarbes/Ossun (364 m) -2.6° Quimper (94 m) -3° Dinard/Pleurtuit (59 m) -3° Agen/La Garenne (60 m) -3° Dole Tavaux (195 m) -3° Cazaux (24 m) -3° Saint-Yan (242 m) -3° Lyon/Satolas (240 m) -3.2° Bordeaux/Merignac (61 m) -3.2° Pointe de Chassiron (22 m) -3.3° Clermont/Aulnat (330 m) -3.6° Dijon/Longvic (227 m) -3.7° Grenoble/St. Geoirs (386 m) -4° Luxeuil (273 m) -4° Lorient/Lann Bihoue (42 m) -4° St Etienne/Boutheon (402 m) -4° Bergerac/Roumanier (51 m) -4° Bourges (166 m) -4.6° Avord (177 m) -5° Chateauroux (157 m) -5° Rennes/St Jacques (43 m) -5.1° Flughafen Bale-Mulhouse (271 m) -5.4° Nantes/Chateau Boug (27 m) -5.4° Troyes/Barberey (118 m) -5.6° Limoges/Bellegarde (402 m) -5.6° Poitiers/Biard (120 m) -5.8° Nancy/Essey (212 m) -6° La Heve (103 m) -6° Cognac (31 m) -6° Colmar (220 m) -6° St Nazaire (3 m) -6° Nancy/Ochey (351 m) -6.1° Strasbourg/Entzheim (153 m) -6.1° Gourdon (261 m) -6.1° Caen (67 m) -6.2° Le Puy/Loudes (833 m) -6.7° Millau (720 m) -6.9° St Dizier/Robinson (140 m) -7° Tours/St Symphorien (112 m) -8.3° Rouen/Boos (156 m) -8.4° Chalons Vatry (179 m) -9° Metz/Frescaty (192 m) -9° Metz-Nancy-Lorraine (264 m) -9° Rodez (580 m) -9° Lille/Lesquin (52 m) -9.3° Alencon/Valframbert (144 m) -9.3° Paris/Orly (90 m) -9.6° Cambrai (77 m) -10° Deauville-Saint-Gatien (146 m) -10° Villacoublay/Velizy (179 m) -10° Evreux/Fauville (138 m) -10° Abbeville (77 m) -10.4° Paris/Le Bourget (52 m) -11° Toussus Le Noble (161 m) -11° Paris/C. de Gaulle (112 m) -11° Reims/Champagne (91 m) -11.4° Melun (92 m) -12° Orleans (125 m) -12° Beauvais/Tille (111 m) -13°

Montreal-est nuageux -9.6c Montreal-east cloudy -9.6c Plus froid -coldest- temperature aux monde- on the planet. EAGLE AIRPORT, ALASKA -48.2c Plus chaude- warmest-temperature aux monde- on the planet. SITEKI, SWAZILAND 44.0c current - courant - observation : 20:21pm EST RADAR: http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/...cation=USVT0147

New record broken for Saskatoon for minimum low at -41.5c for a Jan 4. Old record was -40.0c set in 1966.

Montreal-est nuageux -10.8c Montreal-east cloudy -10.8c Plus froid -coldest- temperature aux monde- on the planet. EAGLE AIRPORT, ALASKA -49.2c Plus chaude- warmest-temperature aux monde- on the planet. PARABURDOO AP, AUSTRALIA 42.1c current - courant - observation : 22:27pm EST

Montreal-est Généralement nuageux -8.4c Montreal-east mainly sunny -8.4c Plus froid -coldest- temperature aux monde- on the planet. OYMYAKON, RUSSIA -50.5c Plus chaude- warmest-temperature aux monde- on the planet. PAULO AFONSO, BRAZIL 38.2c current - courant - observation : 2:20pm EST

This is another site. EN FRANCAIS AUSSI http://www.meteo.fr/test/gratuit/wwis/index.htm http://www.weatherbase.com/index.php3?set=metric http://www.oceanweather.com/data/index.html

Montreal-Est Partiellement nuageux -12.2c 7:29am Montreal-East Partly cloudy -12.2c 7:29am

Alert Nunavut sets daily record temp for maximum. Record is -4.0c set in 1985. http://www.meteo.gc.ca/trends_table/pages/ylt_metric_f.html System to the south west of Alert high pressure over Greenland pumping warm winds from the south south west.

The year was marked by a war between global warming and global cooling pundits. here is a link for both... http://www.investors.com/editorial/editori...315533893763712

Here is a link where you could see in real time where the sun sets or rises all over the world. Enjoy Eric. http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Earth/action?opt=-p

The year's hottest temperature was (50 degrees Celsius) at Death Valley, California. The year's coldest temperature was (minus 84.1 degrees Celsius) at Russia's Vostok Antarctic research station.

Ecrivez les événements que vous pensez ont été important sur la météo pour 2008. Statistique ou nouvelles.

New record set for Grise Fiord for a Jan 1st 2009 for maximum temp at -2c. The old record was -17.0c set in 2001.

Just like a cat 1 hurricane. Sable Island, NS.....28.54 inches or 966 mb Sidney, NS......28.65 inches or 970 mb Strong wind gust: Halifax Harbour buoy at 3am.......137 km/h or 85 mph! info from noaa..

Yes Shawn, low pressure system moving in from the south west ushering in winds from the south east making temp rise to -10c like you said... THE RECORD FOR MAXIMUM TEMP FOR JAN 3 FOR ALERT IS ... -11.5c 1982