Extreme high temperature at the north and south poles at the same time is 30 to 40 degrees higher than normal: experts marvel
Several meteorologists have observed that extreme high temperature weather has occurred in parts of the north and south poles in recent days, and some are 30 to 40 degrees Celsius higher than normal.
Etienne Capigian, a meteorologist at the French meteorological agency, tweeted a few days ago that the temperature at the Concordia Antarctic Station on the 18th was minus 11.5 degrees Celsius, a record high. That figure is about 40 degrees Celsius above the average for this time of year.
Kapikian said that under normal circumstances, with the end of summer in the southern hemisphere, the temperature will continue to drop. The temperature in Antarctica at this time in previous years is below zero degrees Celsius, but the Dumont-Duville base in Antarctica experienced a high temperature of 4.9 degrees Celsius in March this year. weather.
Matthew Lazara, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin in the United States, observed that the temperature in the East Antarctic Dome C-ii area reached minus 10 degrees Celsius on the 18th, while the average temperature in the same period in previous years was minus 43 degrees Celsius. “The temperature should be in January, not March,” Lazara said. “It’s summer there in January. That’s exaggerated.”
According to the Associated Press, Walter Meyer, a scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, said:Temperatures in parts of the Arctic were around 30 degrees Celsius warmer than usual in March, with temperatures approaching freezing in some areas. Meyer said it was “absolutely unusual” to see extreme heat at the north and south poles at the same time, and a repeat of this could be worrying.
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