What are the potential benefits of developing more skillful long-term forecasts of polar vortex disruptions?

Apr 13, 2022 ... A briefing series on strategies, policies, and programs preparing communities around the country for four major climate threats: polar vortices, sea level rise ... Feb 8, 2025 ... Some researchers say the two atmospheric patterns are working together to bring about bone-chilling cold air outbreaks more often. Sep 2, 2014 ... This synthetic analysis reveals that polar stratospheric variability is partly controlled by marked losses of Arctic sea-ice, especially over the B–K seas. Jan 6, 2025 ... The ongoing cold spell, which may bring down the mercury to as low as -50C (-60F), is caused by the expansion of the polar vortex – an area of ... Dec 9, 2014 ... We investigate the impact of volcanic aerosol forcing on stratospheric dynamics, including the strength of the NH polar vortex, in ensemble simulations. Apr 13, 2021 ... In New York, the frigid winter of 2013-14 offered a number of lessons that continue to serve energy reliability today. Jan 16, 2025 ... The polar vortex is an enormous ring of powerful winds spinning above the North Pole. It normally circles the Arctic and it typically stays contained by a ... Jan 17, 2025 ... Colorado will be bitter cold but a polar vortex it is not ... Colorado will see its coldest temperatures of the winter as a mass of cold air ... With a stronger jet stream, stormy and very wet weather tends to occur. A weaker jet stream allows more frequent spells of northerly or easterly winds to affect ... Jan 16, 2025 ... The polar vortex is a wall of wind that encircles the North Pole, and when it begins to falter, it can have a big wintry effect on weather patterns across much ...