Polar Vortex 2024 Texas Forecasting. Frigid temperatures forecast to strike thursday are again prompting concerns about the stability of the state’s power grid, which could face its biggest test since new. Following a polar vortex disruption in early march, winds at 60 degrees north (outlined in magenta) on march 16, 2024, were mostly from the east—a reversal of the normal.
A strong polar vortex favors a milder pattern, however models continue to predict high pressure dominating the high latitudes that would deliver cold to the population centers of the northern hemisphere. Judah cohen, director of seasonal forecasting at verisk’s atmospheric and environmental research (aer), discusses the latest outlook for the.