Weather Polar Vortex 2024 Map. The polar vortex is a band of strong winds circling the north pole. Today’s upper air map showing the pattern at 20,000 feet with a large ridge of high pressure stretching from hudson bay south to the gulf, keeping any cold in the.

When the winds slow and. October sce across north america was a record high mostly due to a rare strong early season stretched polar vortex (pv) event that was a foreshadowing of the upcoming.