Weather Polar Vortex 2024 Usa. Meteorologists believe that polar vortex disruption a couple of weeks ago in the lower levels of the stratosphere could help energize a stronger disturbance higher up. A polar vortex has descended on much of north america, coming down from the arctic, bringing record freezing temperatures across much of the country.
Based on the january 15, 2024 forecast, the stratospheric polar vortex winds will decrease to zero, just reaching the threshold of a major sudden stratospheric warming, in the next. When the polar vortex is shifted or stretched out off the pole to lower latitudes, it can sometimes help reinforce wintry weather outbreaks.
