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  2. The Polar Vortex Explained

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    Instead, the polar vortex occurs primarily in the stratosphere, a layer of the atmosphere about 6 to 30 miles above the ground – above most of the weather with which you're familiar occurs ...

  3. Polar vortex could bring an unfavorable end to Rochester's winter

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    The polar vortex is not synonymous with a cold snap. In fact, the stratosphere is 10 to 30 miles above the earth’s surface and above the polar jet stream and other systems that create most ...

  4. Brrrutal: How long will this cold last? Your winter weather ...

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    Often these stretched polar vortex events repeat themselves with time and in rare winters this can persist for the entire winter. This last happened in 2013-14 resulting in a very cold winter."

  5. January–March 2014 North American cold wave - Wikipedia

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    The weather event played a significant role in the US Economy contributing to a 2.9% drop in GDP. "The bad weather in much of the U.S. in early 2014 was a significant drag on the economy, disrupting production, construction, and shipments, and deterring home and auto sales", wrote PNC Senior Economist Gus Faucher in a note out prior to the release.

  6. Polar vortex? Artic air mass? Whatever it's called, here's ...

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    The polar vortex is a large area of low-pressure and cold air surrounding both of the Earth’s poles, according to the weather service. It always exists near the poles.

  7. Weather whiplash - Wikipedia

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    In the US state of California weather events swung from an extreme drought to flooding caused by atmospheric rivers. [ 1 ] Weather whiplash can also bring false springs, or winter warm spells that conceal a freeze following them, and freak snowstorms early in the season; both can disrupt agriculture and the electrical grid.

  8. Think Dallas-Fort Worth has had enough Arctic blasts? Wait ...

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    The polar vortex played a role in the extreme winter weather outbreak that struck Texas in February 2021, UN weather experts said. “We did have a sudden stratospheric warming in January ...

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