Happy New Year everyone!!!

With the polar vortex being at the top of the news, I thought this  
article might be most a propos.

Best
Lesley-Ann

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/12/24/arctic-warming-jet-stream-coupling-may-portend-another-winter-of-extreme-storms-and-cold-air-outbreaks/>
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         Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, Ph.D.
      Associate Professor & VT State Climatologist
                 University of Vermont
                Department of Geography
                   200 Old Mill Building
                    94 University Place
            Burlington, Vermont 05405-0114
                         U.S.A.

   (802) 656-2146 (phone)  (802) 656-3042  (facsimile)

             http://www.uvm.edu/~vtstclim
             http://www.uvm.edu/~dclimnet
              http://www.uvm.edu/~swac
     http://www.uvm.edu/~geograph/?Page=Dupigny-Giroux.php
  http://www.geospatialcareers.net/people/dupigny_giroux.html
http://www.vermontwoman.com/articles/0412/climatologist.shtml
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