Polar Vortex 2024 February 2024. Ozone depletion caused by energetic particles intensifies the polar vortex, a strong wind that blows from west to east around the polar region during the winter season. Now, meteorologists say there's evidence that a polar vortex disruption will send temperatures plummeting in the u.s.

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. February 22, 2024 at 2:15 p.m.