Alie Christi

Coping With Polar Vortex 2024 Effects On Environment. When the polar vortex is weak, with higher temperatures and slower winds than usual in the stratosphere, the ozone depletion process is weaker, leading to ozone columns. As the seasons change, the vortex descends toward the equator, and we experience those blasts of cold air, as we did this past month.

A partnership with experts from the climate prediction center and the chemical sciences. Observed and forecasted (noaa gefsv12) wind speed in the polar vortex compared to the natural range of variability (faint shading).