Polar Vortex 2024 Newspaper. Observed and forecasted (noaa gefsv12) wind speed in the polar vortex compared to the natural range of variability (faint shading). Early data shows that the polar vortex is likely to be weaker than normal in the winter of 2024/2025.
A strong stratospheric warming event is ongoing over the south pole. But scientists think that climate change is causing the vortex and polar jet stream to weaken and bend more often, pushing the vortex from the pole, sending the.