Polar Vortex 2024 Texas. An arctic outbreak tied to the polar vortex is slowly building in canada and is slated to blast its way south over the weekend and into next week. When the ao turns negative, it tends to mean that something has happened in the arctic that leads to milder conditions and a weaker polar vortex, allowing cold to.
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. A polar vortex has descended on much of north america, coming down from the arctic, bringing record freezing temperatures across much of the country.