Forecasters have predicted a sudden stratospheric warming event which causes bitterly cold temperatures. The polar vortex is essentially ... this coming weekend. "Cloud and showery rain will ...

Together with colleagues from the Universities of Bremen, Hamburg and Leipzig, the Karslruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, and the Helmholtz ...

While the rain clouds will continue ... Forecasters have predicted a sudden stratospheric warming event which is causing the bitterly cold temperatures. The polar vortex is essentially a swirling ...

Today will be the brunt of the cold temperatures across the region, with highs barely hitting 40° and wind chills below ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation ...

February 2022 was also characterized by an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex—a large spinning mass of cold air in the stratosphere around 15 miles above the Arctic that is prominent during ...

Is the polar vortex to blame? However, a disruption in the vortex – known as "sudden stratospheric warming" – back in mid-March will finally be making its way down to the surface in the ...