Brutal string of winter storms in 2022 was due to polar vortex, scientists reveal - This discovery could help forecasters understand when there is an increased risk of storm clusters ...

show there was an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex (SPV) - a large spinning mass of cold air in the stratosphere around 15 miles above the Arctic - in February 2022. Scientists said the ...

February 2022 was also characterised 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 ...

On March 9, the polar vortex wobbled and then snapped back the other way as mighty winds, suddenly shifting from the west to the east - something that typically happens once a year - usually in the ...

Scientists believe deadly Arctic winds were to blame for a series of savage storms that wreaked havoc in Britain over just a matter of days.

Scientists have said the storms were caused by a “swirling polar vortex” miles above the earth. Findings published in the Communications Earth and Environment journal show February 2022 was ...

They compared seasonal forecasts from January 2022, which showed the unusually strong state of the polar vortex, with those that suggested it would be close to average strength. Examining the ...

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 ...

They compared seasonal forecasts from January 2022, which showed the unusually strong state of the polar vortex, with those that suggested it would be close to average strength. Examining the ...

Clusters of powerful winter storms have been made more likely by an “intense swirling vortex of winds” miles above the Arctic, scientists have found. A team of researchers from the Met Office ...