{"id":8663,"date":"2021-01-07T10:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T10:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=8663"},"modified":"2021-01-07T10:43:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T10:43:38","slug":"sudden-stratospheric-warming-above-the-north-pole-could-lead-to-catastrophic-weather-events-in-the-coming-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/sudden-stratospheric-warming-above-the-north-pole-could-lead-to-catastrophic-weather-events-in-the-coming-weeks\/8663\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudden stratospheric warming above the North Pole could lead to catastrophic weather events in the coming weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
The stratosphere is the layer of the atmosphere around 10-50km above the Earth\u2019s surface. Sudden stratospheric warming events are some of the most extreme atmospheric phenomena<\/a> and can see polar stratospheric temperature increase by up to 50\u00b0C over the course of a few days. Such events can bring very cold weather, which often results in snowstorms.<\/p>\n In 2018, sudden stratospheric warming resulted in the infamous \u2018Beast from the East\u2019 cold wave. The disturbance in the stratosphere can be transmitted downward and if this continues to the Earth\u2019s surface, there can be a shift in the jet stream, leading to unusually cold weather across Europe and Northern Asia. It can take a number of weeks for the signal to reach the surface, or the process may only take a few days.<\/p>\nMapping the last 60 years of stratospheric warming<\/h3>\n