• kmartburrito@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Let me repeat that. There is no polar vortex in the northern hemisphere right now!

    Not with that attitude!

    /s

    Thanks for posting, I always find meteorology fascinating and hungrily read up info posted from people like yourself. Please keep doing it, us buffoons that aren’t trained really rely on people like you helping to cut through misinformation when it comes to weather and climate.

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      1 month ago

      Check out this link to see what the actual polar vortex looks like:

      https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/10hPa/orthographic=-60.71,59.02,169

      This shows wind speed in the middle stratosphere. Since it is still winter in the southern hemisphere, you’ll find the polar vortex there. It is the very strong circular vortex surrounding the South Pole. The northern hemisphere doesn’t have one yet because it is still summer here. Hence my argument against claiming it is “weak” in the article. It simply doesn’t exist yet.