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A stratospheric Polar Vortex has now emerged above the Arctic Circle. It will influence the Winter 2020/2021 weather along with the incoming La Nina and west QBO

The road to the next Winter season is always long and it begins well before the temperatures start to drop. One of the major drivers on that road is the stratospheric polar vortex. A new polar vortex has now emerged over the North Pole and will continue to strengthen for the next 4 months.

In our latest long-range article, we discussed the latest Fall forecast 2020. There we mentioned the influence of the ENSO cycles in the tropical Pacific, and what they are.

Now we turn away from the ocean and into the Stratosphere. There, a new polar vortex has emerged and began to grow, to be ready for the upcoming cold season. 

WHAT IS THE POLAR VORTEX?

The atmosphere above us has many different layers. All of the clouds and the weather that we feel are found in the lowest part of the atmosphere called the troposphere. It reaches up to 8 km altitude over the poles and up to 14-16 km altitude over the equator....