Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event in progress over the South Pole
Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event is in progress over the South Pole, with temperatures rising more than 40 °C (72 °F) above normal.
"These events are significant, as the warming and the disruption of the polar vortex eventually makes its way down to the troposphere and can cause a change in weather patterns," Severe Weather Europe meteorologists said.
"It can bring colder weather and snow into lower latitudes, for example, Australia and New Zealand. A lot depends on the current weather patterns since the effects of these SSW’s can be sometimes quite dynamic and last for different time periods. The graphic below shows the 10mb geopotential height, where we can see the displaced polar vortex and the stratospheric “anti-vortex” (a polar high) pushing against it," SWE said.
SSW occurs when the temperature of the stratosphere (30 – 50 km / 18 – 31 miles above ground) over the South Pole rises by more than 25 °C (45 °F).
Such events are rare in the southern hemisphere, with only two in New Zealand in recorded times – one in September 2002 and the other in September 2010, NIWA meteorologist Ben Noll said.
After the SSW in 2002, New Zealand experienced its coldest October in 20 years with below-average temperatures covering much of the country and frequent ground frosts. In 2010 – which is classed as a minor event – a number of rainfall records were broken with well below normal sunshine and very cold temperatures in parts of the South Island.
"For up to about a month after the SSW, polar air masses, known as streamers, can break off from the weakened vortex and move towards New Zealand. It doesn’t guarantee unusual or extreme weather, but it can happen," Noll says.
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1) Actual temperature difference on same latitude is +70°C (Earth app -86.552,-79.074 49.048,-79.022)
2) During this SSW 7 earthquakes with 5.1
Just another example of Climate Disruption associated with Global Heating.
interesting, centered just beside rothschild island ,in the sea to the west of the island is a huge haarp system.
But do they know why the stratosphere in this area warmed up over 25 degrees to cause the SSW? After all that’s between 30-50 kms UP so it couldn’t be ‘climate change’ caused by AGW(LOL).
I took a screenshot 11 june 2019 when I noticed this SSW on app EARTH . Wikipedia “. In 2002 a southern-hemisphere major warming was observed.[4][5] This event to date is not fully understood. ” https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311852307_The_Correlation_of_North_Magnetic_Dip_Pole_Motion_and_Seismic_Activit
Wow thanks for this observation! Lining up with the south magnetic pole wander?
It’s a non-magnetic event. Only polar/atmospheric…