Sudden stratospheric warming

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Image courtesy of "York Press"

Snow forecast for York - Sudden stratospheric warming explained (York Press)

YORK may be due to get snow next week - but what is sudden stratospheric warming that could to bring the cold weather to the city?

This is called the stratospheric polar vortex and it circulates around cold air high over the Arctic. Typically this will form over the North Atlantic and Scandinavia. "This is so high up that we donโ€™t feel the warming ourselves.

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