Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event Winter 2024

Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event Winter 2024

Published January 08, 2024

The following animation shows a projection of a three-dimensional representation of the polar vortex from a 10-day GEOS-FP forecast initialized on 14 January 2024. Shown are selected potential vorticity contours colored by altitude range: lower troposphere (purple), upper troposphere (red), lower stratosphere (white), upper stratosphere (cyan), and lower mesosphere (yellow).