Despite warming trends, the US still gets hit by brutal cold snaps ❄️🌬️. A new study links these outbreaks to shifts in the stratospheric polar vortex: high-altitude winds that can steer winter weather far below.
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Science Advances
Cold-air outbreaks in the continental US: Connections with stratospheric variations
Extreme US cold linked to two variations of a stretched stratospheric polar vortex can explain a Northwest US cooling trend.
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