Clusters of powerful winter ... polar vortex (SPV) was driving the risk of the storms, something which had not previously been well explored. They compared seasonal forecasts from January 2022 ...

Clusters of powerful winter ... stratospheric polar vortex - a large spinning mass of cold air in the stratosphere around 15 miles above the Arctic that is prominent during winter months. They ...

Devastating winter storms that led to deaths and power outages across the UK and Ireland were driven by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, scientists have revealed.

Clusters of powerful winter storms have been ... They compared seasonal forecasts from January 2022, which showed the unusually strong state of the polar vortex, with those that suggested it ...

Image: The storms during February 2022 ... polar vortex can now be recognised as a warning to forecasters of increased risks of damaging storms. "This was likely seen in the most recent winter ...

Powerful winter storms which led ... Needles on the Isle of Wight. February 2022 was also characterized by an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex—a large spinning mass of cold air ...