polar vortex

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polar vortex noun

A large-scale cyclone located in the middle and upper troposphere and stratosphere that surround the polar highs and lie in the wake of the polar front.

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polar cap anticyclone polar night vortex ring arctic front tropical cyclone frigid zone vortexing pole of cold vile vortex polar wander mesocyclone tropopause polar circle vortex space polar coordinate

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