Lionel Messi made this Wednesday the first official game of 2025. He played well; but with a cold like never before. This is because uwinter storm is leading the US to record negative temperatures.
Os USA They are undergoing an unprecedented “winter storm”.
O recovery It has been spread to various states of the center and eastern of the country.
According to the National Meteorology Service (NWS), in the coming days, temperatures are foreseen between 34 and 51 degrees Celsius (ºC) negative In several states, such as Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.
“By Friday, several daily records will be beaten, with some places to try the colder temperatures ever registered,” said NWS.
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This Wednesday, a ‘Nadinha’ above the aforementioned states, in Kansaswere Lionel Messi and Companyfor the first official game of the time.
O Inter Miami Winned (0-1) Sporting Kansas, with a golo de… Leo Messinaturally.
Interestingly, it was speculated that the Argentine star were not even the game, precisely due to the cold.
But it was – and I saw him play like never. Not for what he did on the field (because he is decisive we are already used to); but by the unusual way as dressed.
Long sleeve jersey, shots, gloves and collar: First, it was done to defeat the cold (-15ºC); Then, yes, he dispatched Kansas with a great goal.
MESSI SCORES TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK FOR MIAMI!
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer)
Polar vortex guilt?
Some US media have been associating the cold vacancy with polar vortex – Low pressure area and cold air that circulates around the north and south poles in the stratosphere (atmosphere layer between 12 and 50 kilometers above the earth’s surface).
Polar vortices exist throughout the year at the poles. In the northern hemisphere, the polar vortex expands many times during the winter, pushing cold air to the south with the jet stream.
Last week, the warming of stratosphere temperatures decreased west winds and weakened the vortex, which moved slightly from the North Pole. This allowed some cold to move further south.
“This weakening of the vortex and its movement may have contributed to the displacement of the polar jet current to southern Canada, and the cold that is affecting the US this week and next time,” said the meteorologist this week, “said the meteorologist Paul Pastelok has .
However, the meteorologist warned, it is not clear if the polar vortex effectively played this role.
The expert said the high pressure area over northern Canada was the main driver, forcing the cold air to sink to the south in the central plains and in the Middle Valley of Mississippi. This cold air then collided with warmer to south, giving rise to storms.
“February frenzy was motivated by a strong contrast of warmer temperatures along the coast of the gulf and colder air in northern rock, northern plains and Canada,” Pastelok said.
“Among this marked contrast was a storm zone to divide the two air masses that led to this frenzy,” added the main responsible for Accuweather’s long -term forecasts.
Also to live science, Amy ButlerResearcher at the Chemical Sciences Laboratory of the Ocean and Atmospheric National Administration (NOAA), said the role of polar vortex in the cold of February is not very clear.
Butler acha that High pressure in the Arctic – Part of a change in atmospheric pressure called Arctic Oscillation – is the true responsible for cold time in the US Center.
“This region of high pressure on the Arctic represents an accumulation of air mass that helps to shift the jet stream to south and allows the cold air of the Arctic to spread south,” he said.
Some studies suggest that the Arctic heating may be disturbing the polar vortex. One in 2021 in Science He concluded that Arctic amplification was probably an important factor in polar vortex stretching events that brought extreme cold to North America that same year.
