A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation ...

April 5, 2025 - By Laura Ciasto and Amy Butler - After spending much of the season with super strong wind speeds, the polar ...

The Polar Vortex in the upper atmosphere has disintegrated after the intense warming of the stratosphere in mid-March.

with record wind gusts for England of 122 miles per hour recorded at the Needles on the Isle of Wight. February 2022 was also ...

The polar vortex in the stratosphere broke up, which caused the movement of cold Arctic air towards southern latitudes, ...

Teleconnections in our atmosphere allow conditions in one part of the world to affect weather patterns thousands of ...

The UK has had its fair share of meteorological upheaval over the past few years. This year alone, we have experienced Arctic ...

Scientists say a "swirling polar vortex" miles above the Earth caused three deadly storms in the UK and Ireland, which brought severe flooding and record wind speeds. Four people lost their lives ...

A rocky road is ahead in the temperature department with big daily temperature swings in many areas of the Northeast into ...

with record wind gusts for England of 122mph recorded at the Needles on the Isle of Wight. Scientists have said the storms were caused by a “swirling polar vortex” miles above the earth.

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists.

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles ... the stratospheric polar vortex that ...