Polar Vortex February 2025 Usa. As a result, it has a harder time containing the cold air, which can now escape from the polar regions into the united states. The polar vortex (pv) continues to transition to different phases or modes at breakneck speed.
With strong pressure anomalies around the northern hemisphere, we are currently observing an unusually weak polar vortex in the stratosphere above the north pole. With a stratospheric warming event expected to develop, we currently see a rapid breakdown of the polar vortex and a cold weather pattern change across the united states in.