After spending much of the season with super strong wind speeds, the polar vortex bowed out two weeks ago, with the core west-to-east winds sliding off the pole. However, as it winds down for the season, the polar vortex still has a few tricks up its sleeve.
Laura Ciasto
After racing around the pole for the last several months, the polar vortex is ready for a break. Will this break be temporary, or is it done for the season? Read on to find out.
The troposphere, not the stratosphere, can be thanked for the cold weather this week.
There is a lot more to the polar vortex than disrupted winds and increased odds for cold weather.
The cold air outbreak forecasted for the coming weekend has a stronger hint of a polar vortex connection than the last one.
Is the polar vortex to blame for this recent cold air outbreak? We don’t think so. This seems like a case of the polar vortex getting blamed for being a trouble maker, when it was actually minding its own business.
What are the odds of a stratospheric polar vortex disruption this winter? We take a look at two things that help predict our chances for this extreme event.
Though many aspects of nature in the Northern Hemisphere tend to quiet down during the winter, the stratospheric polar vortex in the Arctic is just getting started.
As polar vortex season winds down, so does Season 1 of the Polar Vortex Blog. In our final post of the season, we discuss whether the season is ending on a cliffhanger or just tying up loose ends.
When we get to spring, the polar vortex's days are numbered. When will the "final stratospheric warming" occur this year?