Temperatures are achingly cold in the stratosphere over the Arctic, which can only mean one thing: it's perfect conditions ...

Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) are a significant phenomenon in the polar regions, particularly during the winter months. These clouds form at high altitudes in the stratosphere and play a ...

Polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs), particularly noctilucent ... Recent balloon-borne experiments, such as the Stratospheric Observations of Noctilucent Clouds (SONC), have provided valuable data ...

Nature is capable of the most mysterious, surreal, stunning, and powerful things. The only thing we can do as humans is to ...

However, when the stratospheric polar vortex weakens and gets “kicked ... No conspiracy, no cloud seeding, no planned effort, just good ol’ fashioned winter, like it used to be.

DON’T MISS: What is the polar vortex? How it’s responsible for dangerous ... all the way down to -90°C or colder for the very top of a raging cumulonimbus cloud that’s burst into the stratosphere.

DON’T MISS: What is the polar vortex ... 90°C or colder for the very top of a raging cumulonimbus cloud that’s burst into the stratosphere. Sometimes, though, extreme weather can throw ...

The city of Tromsø experiences Polar Night in the winter and Midnight ... the result of solar-illuminated stratospheric clouds. We all know that a daily dose of sunlight has health benefits.

The weekend outlook covers the Friday rain (ice for NWNJ), the cooler finish to the weekend, and some NNJ flurry chances ...