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Early Stratospheric Warming Deforms Polar Vortex, Boosting Odds of U.S. Cold Into December

Forecasts tilt colder after Thanksgiving, with scientists noting surface impacts from the upper-air shift typically arrive weeks later.

Early Stratospheric Warming Signals Point to Polar Vortex Disruption Near Thanksgiving