Sudden stratospheric warming is the unusual climate variation affecting ozone, heat and wind

Date: 31/10/2019 03:02:16

From: PermeateFree

ID: 1455654

Subject: Sudden stratospheric warming is the unusual climate variation affecting ozone, heat and wind

>>We just had the smallest ozone hole since 1982, the drought is dragging on and the fire danger is forecast to be up. What connects all these events? Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW).

Pinning one event on a single climate driver is fraught, but this bout of warm weather fits with what would be expected as one of the strongest SSWs in 40 years starts impacting Earth’s surface.

The official outlook is for warm dry conditions in the months ahead.

This sudden warming, he said, started in the stratosphere — the layer above the troposphere, where our normal weather takes place — but after about a month, its effects began making their way down towards the surface. <<

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-24/sudden-stratospheric-warming-linked-to-smaller-ozone-hole/11631836

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