Polar Vortex 2024 Newspaper. On december 5, 2023, climate.gov published the first post in a new blog about the polar vortex. The majority of the forecast models say yes, the winds at 60 degrees north* (the mean location of the polar vortex) will briefly reverse direction within the next week or so, commencing the second major sudden.

A partnership with experts from the climate prediction center and the chemical sciences laboratory, the new blog will be dedicated to the. The polar vortex the best way to understand the polar vortex is to visualize it.