Forget El Niño, start worrying about the North Atlantic blob | News | The Guardian
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The extra heat being generated in tropical seas by the strong El Niño is bleaching coral reefs and disrupting weather patterns in the Pacific. But will it affect Britain’s weather, and if so, how?
This question is what climate scientists across the northern hemisphere are trying to answer, especially since it coincides with an exceptionally cold North Atlantic, which might be even more important because it affects the position of the jet stream.
The easterly winds of last week, bringing unseasonably cold weather, are believed to be as a direct result of this North Atlantic cold diverting the jet stream and allowing cold easterly air from Siberia to reach our shores. There has already been snow in Germany.