The polar vortex is hitting the brakes
Mar 06, 2025Laura Ciasto, Amy ButlerAfter racing around the pole for the last several months, the polar vortex is ready for a break. Will ...This cold air? It’s probably not the polar vortex
Feb 20, 2025Amy Butler, Laura CiastoThe troposphere, not the stratosphere, can be thanked for the cold weather this week.Polar Vortex Intensifications: the overlooked influencer
Jan 30, 2025Laura Ciasto, Amy ButlerThere is a lot more to the polar vortex than disrupted winds and increased odds for cold weather.Another blast of Arctic air: this time, with a stretched but strong polar vortex
Jan 16, 2025Amy Butler, Laura CiastoThe cold air outbreak forecasted for the coming weekend has a stronger hint of a polar vortex connection than ...Is the polar vortex causing the U.S. cold air outbreak?
Jan 08, 2025Laura Ciasto, Amy ButlerIs the polar vortex to blame for this recent cold air outbreak? We don’t think so. This seems like ...Predicting the chances of a polar vortex disruption this winter
Dec 19, 2024Amy Butler, Laura CiastoWhat are the odds of a stratospheric polar vortex disruption this winter? We take a look at two things ...The polar vortex: coming out of hibernation
Dec 04, 2024Laura Ciasto, Amy ButlerThough many aspects of nature in the Northern Hemisphere tend to quiet down during the winter, the stratospheric polar ...And that’s a wrap on this season’s stratospheric polar vortex
May 02, 2024Laura Ciasto, Amy ButlerAs polar vortex season winds down, so does Season 1 of the Polar Vortex Blog. In our final post ...The last hurrah of the polar vortex
Apr 04, 2024Amy Butler, Laura CiastoWhen we get to spring, the polar vortex's days are numbered. When will the "final stratospheric warming" occur this ...