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Will Polar Vortex Winds Decrease In 2024 Season. The polar vortex may weaken in january, and that could bring colder weather into the u.s. A strong train of pressure waves is building across north america.

Based on the january 15, 2024 forecast, the stratospheric polar vortex winds will decrease to zero, just reaching the threshold of a major sudden stratospheric warming, in the next day or two. Following a polar vortex disruption in early march, winds at 60 degrees north (outlined in magenta) on march 16, 2024, were mostly from the east—a reversal of the normal wintertime circulation of the polar stratosphere.