According to the NWS, the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole, during the winter season. It is ...
as seen in this July 8 air temperature map (left). The corresponding image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on Aqua on the right shows smoke from lightning ...
The Frost and Freeze map shows where frost cant be expected and where temperature are forecast to fall below 32 degrees F. Frost is a solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air.