The polar vortex is area of fast-moving winds well above the Earth’s surface and the jet stream that circle the Arctic during the Northern Hemisphere’s coldest months.

There is a sudden warming about to happen high up in the atmosphere. This warming usually affects the Polar Vortex.

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Weather The polar vortex: What to know about the weather feature responsible for the arctic blast Published: Jan. 04, 2025, 5:00 p.m.

These polar vortex stretches are happening more frequently as the world — and especially the Arctic — warms, a 2021 paper published in the journal Science, also co-authored by Cohen, demonstrated.

Winter, which is warming faster than any other season for much of the US, seems to be making a comeback for the first time in years; this January was the coldest in the Lower 48 since 1988.