Polar Vortex Michigan 2024. A researcher expects the polar vortex to strengthen over the next two weeks. A strong polar vortex will keep things more stable, with large winter storms and outbreaks of polar air out of the forecast.

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. In the stratosphere over siberia, temperatures recently jumped nearly 100 degrees fahrenheit, shoving the polar vortex off its north pole perch.