{"id":24680,"date":"2024-02-10T19:47:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T18:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=24680"},"modified":"2024-02-10T19:47:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T18:47:36","slug":"the-polar-virus-collapse-event-will-unfold-soon-but-how-will-it-affect-the-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2024\/02\/10\/the-polar-virus-collapse-event-will-unfold-soon-but-how-will-it-affect-the-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"The polar vortex collapse event will unfold soon, but how will it affect the weather."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The polar vortex extends high up through the different layers of the atmosphere. The lowest level is called the troposphere, where all the weather events occur. But above that, we have the stratosphere, a deeper, drier layer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">For this reason, we divide the polar vortex into an upper (stratospheric) and a lower (tropospheric) part. They both perform different roles, so we track them separately. But together, the two parts form the winter circulation in the Northern Hemisphere. <span>To make it easier, just know that the upper and lower parts of the polar vortex are connected. Changes in the upper part can significantly affect weather anomalies in the lower parts of the atmosphere and the weather at the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\"><span>The reason we monitor the state of the polar vortex is because it can have a profound impact on our daily weather. We mainly divide the polar vortex into two different regimes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Strong\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>\/stable polar vortex<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0usually means a strong polar circulation and jet stream. This locks in colder air beyond the Arctic Circle, creating milder conditions for most of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the contrary\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>weak\/disrupted polar vortex<\/span><\/strong><span> It creates a weak jet stream pattern. As a result, it has a harder time handling the cold air that can now escape from the polar regions into the United States. Image from NOAA. (<em>Andrej Flis, more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.severe-weather.eu\/global-weather\/polar-vortex-collapse-event-2024-february-cold-weather-pattern-shift-united-states-fa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">north-weather.eu<\/span><\/a> )<\/em><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The polar vortex extends high up across different layers of the atmosphere. The lowest level is called the troposphere, where all the weather events occur. But above that we have the stratosphere, a deeper and drier layer. For this reason, we divide the polar vortex into an upper (stratospheric) part and a lower (tropospheric) part. They both perform their roles differently, which is why we track them separately. But both parts together [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}