Polar Vortex 2024 Newsletter. By sarah currier on april 3, 2024. Following a polar vortex disruption in early march, winds at 60 degrees north (outlined in magenta) on march 16, 2024, were mostly from the east—a reversal of the normal.
A weaker polar vortex usually means a weaker jet stream,. Arctic polar vortex is now spinning in the wrong direction and could impact global weather.