El Nino typically brings warmer and drier conditions to the Pacific Northwest in winter. ... In El Niño years, the polar vortex usually stays strong, and it keeps a lot of cold air bottled up.

During all these years, the polar vortex existed, and at least 15 inches of snow accumulated during the season. And it still gets cold on strong El Niño year, for the most part.

When the polar vortex weakens, the cold air typically trapped in the Arctic can spill out into parts of Canada, the U.S., Asia and Europe because the jet stream becomes more blocked with sharp ...

The Polar Vortex is also something we'll be tracking in the months ahead. As of early October, ... Neither El Niño nor La Niña conditions currently exist. However, ...

The ol’ El Niño–Southern Oscillation Higher water temps in the Pacific increase the odds of a sudden stratospheric warming — heightened pressure and temperatures in the polar stratosphere ...

The ongoing El Niño may play a role as well. ... But thereafter, it may come down to what the polar vortex does — and the jury is still out on that. First, there was a bitter Arctic outbreak.

Polar vortex is not a synonym for “cold snap,” according to the Polar Vortex Blog at Climate.gov, and it’s not the only weather pattern to blame for blasts of cold air.

Experts estimate that the polar vortex will move into New England as a wintery mix immediately after New Year's, whipping up some possibly significant storms along the East Coast beginning as ...

El Nino typically brings warmer and drier conditions to the Pacific Northwest in winter. The last time Washington had an El Nino was in 2018-19. Skip Navigation ...

The Polar Vortex is also something we'll be tracking in the months ahead. As of early October, ... Neither El Niño nor La Niña conditions currently exist. However, ...