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Why Is The West Coast Of The USA Warmer Than The East Coast?

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The gargantuan Niagara falls have frozen, over 1,000 flights have been cancelled across the Midwest and the East, frostbite and hypothermia are affecting people like the common cold, and pipes are freezing up.

Table of Contents (click to expand) What Gives The East Coast Its Extra Chill? What Are The Governing Factors Of West Coast Weather? How Does The Polar Vortex Drive East Coast Cold Snaps? At similar latitudes, the US East Coast is colder than the West Coast because prevailing westerly winds blow cold continental air offshore , so the warm Gulf Stream cannot moderate the East Coast in winter. On the West Coast, those same westerlies arrive pre-conditioned by the Pacific, which is cooled in summer by the California Current and wind-driven upwelling and warmed in winter by stored ocean heat — kee

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