A rare Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event has been detected in the stratosphere above the Antarctic region over the past week.
“It is possible that a large-scale event like Stratospheric Warming can cause a prolonged high-pressure anomaly over the South Pole.
Flis pointed to a study that investigated a significant stratospheric warming event in 2019 over the South Pole.
In contrast, Europe experienced a reversed change, as the energy wave from the warming event had already reached the Northern Hemisphere.
1 Sudden stratospheric warming event underway – here’s what it means for Australian weather – WeatherZone – July 12, 2024.
2 A rare Stratospheric Warming event has begun over the South Pole, with unusually strong anomalies now developing – Severe Weather Europe – July 15, 2024.
3 Impact of September 2019 Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming on Mid-Latitude Ionosphere and Thermosphere Over North America and Europe – Larisa P. Goncharenko et al. – AGU Geophysical Research Letters – July 2021 – https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094517. »
