What is Polar Vortex?
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs in both the stratosphere and troposphere at high latitudes, close to the poles. It is formed by the rotation of cold, dense air.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...