Polar Vortex February 2025 2025. A series of blasts of polar vortex air from the north will bring subfreezing temperatures as well as ice and snowstorms to 40 us states, affecting more than 250 million. The polar vortex is a band of strong winds circling the north pole.a constant, stable spin of those winds keeps the arctic air locked in place.

The forecasted structure of the tropospheric jet stream (yellow) and several levels of the stratospheric polar vortex from the lower stratosphere to the upper stratosphere in the. However, a broad polar vortex pattern is forecast across southern canada during february.