Polar Vortex Blog

We are excited to announce that NOAA Climate.gov, home of the highly popular ENSO Blog, is venturing into a colder, darker, and windier corner of the atmosphere with the new Polar Vortex Blog. We plan to explore various facets of the winds, climate, and chemistry within the fascinating region of the atmosphere known as the polar stratosphere, and explain how this region can sometimes drive big changes in our weather patterns! While ENSO may be the seasoned celebrity in the seasonal forecasting world, in recent years the stratospheric polar vortex has become a rising star: constantly making headlines and being stalked by the paparazzi, but often misunderstood or misrepresented. We hope to …   Read article

Few topics capture our readers' interest like the polar vortex. Next Tuesday, December 5, we plan to feed that interest with the launch of a new blog dedicated the winds, climate, and chemistry of the polar stratosphere. Come back next week for our first installment!     Read article