The historic 1928/1929 winter pattern aims to return, as we head into 2nd half of January 2021, with now blocked Arctic regions after the Polar Vortex collapse
The Winter weather pattern forecasts for the second half of January 2021, now show a startling similarity to January 1929. That was one of the coldest winters in the...
The Polar Vortex now collapsing, is set to release the Arctic Hounds for the United States and Europe, as we head for the second half of Winter 2020/2021
A Polar Vortex collapse sequence has begun in late December 2020, with a major Sudden Stratospheric Warming event on January 5th, 2021. We will look at the sequence of...
*Stratosphere warming watch* Strong signals now emerge for a disruptive stratospheric warming event in early January, possibly impacting the course of Winter
A warming event high up in the Stratosphere is looking likely to unfold at the start of the new year 2021. Stratospheric warming events in winter, are very important,...
*Exclusive*: A unique 3D animation of the Sudden Stratospheric Warming over south pole, produced by Severe Weather Europe!
Sudden stratospheric warming events always occur on a large scale. It is not easy to imagine them, so we sometimes have to get creative and display them in a...
Sudden stratospheric warming over the south pole, rising temperatures more than 40°C above normal.
As we have summer and warmth here on the north hemisphere, there is winter on the south side of the globe. And every winter, regardless on which side of...
Latest UPDATE on the Polar Vortex split – much colder weather will overspread the western half of Europe soon!
We are now in mid January and the effects of the Sudden Stratospheric Warming (short: SWW) and Polar vortex split are becoming visible as strong blocking over the Arctic...
*UPDATE* on the splitting Polar Vortex and winter trends across the European continent through mid January
With new model outputs, we take a look over the trends on the pattern evolution, associated with the Sudden Stratospheric Warming which has been ongoing this week. The result...
Sudden Stratospheric Warming underway, mid/late January could see some serious winter weather across a large part of Europe
Two months ago, we talked about the polar vortex and its influence on the troposphere. Right now, the “Sudden Stratospheric Warming” – a large scale process – is underway...