[LINK] "Weather anomaly puts North Pole temperatures at 4 C this week"

[rfmcdonald]

The report by CBC's Katherine Barton about the ridiculous heat wave on the North Pole deserves wider sharing.

A weather anomaly sweeping across the world will cause temperatures at the North Pole to reach nearly 4 C this week.

Texas, Australia and England are just a few of the regions that have seen a spate of extreme weather this month, including tornadoes, brush fires and flooding. Now, forecasters say the North Pole will see temperatures well above normal.

CBC North's resident meteorologist, Ashley Brauweiler, says the severe weather system that wreaked havoc in the U.S. and beyond is the reason.

"We have temperatures above zero near the poles and that's because the jet stream is bringing that warm air from the South up and along Greenland and Iceland and that's what causing those strong storms," Brauweiler says.

"They're seeing the same storms that were affecting the southern states."

At the North Pole on Thursday, temperatures are expected to hit 3 C. On New Year's Day it will be nearly 4 C.