And yeah, what this article doesn't mention is that changes in polar atmospheric circulation is due to #ClimateChange (link to study in comments)...

A #Stratospheric Warming event will Engulf the southern #PolarVortex, with possible far reaching Weather impacts

By Author Andrej Flis
Posted on Published: 10/09/2025

"A stratospheric warming event is about to unfold over the Southern Hemisphere, which is currently in its Winter season. The latest forecasts show strong temperature and pressure waves in the Stratosphere above the South Pole. These events are rare in the Southern Hemisphere but are usually very powerful and are known to have a global impact, potentially even on the upcoming northern Winter season.

"The Southern Hemisphere does not experience these winter stratospheric warming events so often, with only a few known events in the past decades."

Read more:
https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/south-polar-vortex-stratospheric-warming-event-weather-winter-impact-usa-canada-fa/

#Australia #SouthernHemisphere

It's #FollowFriday !

Meet StratoCat, an Argentina-based independent source of historical data and news on the development of stratospheric balloons for scientific research, aerospace & military applications, and commercial exploitation of near space. Online since 2005.

The website also publishes the newsletter "World Balloon News"

https://stratocat.com.ar

#fedi22 #Ballooning #NearSpace #Science #Research #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Technology #Cosmology #Astrodon #Space #Academy #Stratospheric

Merely a few months after the successful balloon test flight of the Neptune-Excelsior capsule, Space Perspective the Florida-based company aimed to offer touristic rides on balloons to near space faces shutdown amid financial troubles, furloughs, and allegations of mismanagement.

https://talkoftitusville.com/2025/01/17/space-perspective-shuts-down-amid-financial-troubles-furloughs-and-allegations-of-mismanagement/

#Balloon #NearSpace #Stratospheric #Technology #Research #Tourism #Titusville #SpacePerspective

Villagers in Bidar, Karnataka, India, were surprised by the sudden land of a stratospheric balloon amidst homes.

The device aimed to study the earth's magnetic field, was launched on Friday, January 17th from TIFR's National Balloon Facility in Hyderabad.

https://www.indiatvnews.com/karnataka/karnataka-scientific-payload-attached-to-balloon-lands-in-tata-bidar-causes-panic-tifr-watch-2025-01-18-971910

#TIFR #Hyderabad #Geomagnetism #Balloon #Stratospheric #Research #Science #Technology #Karnataka #Hyderabad

Yesterday, Aerostar launched a Thunderhead balloon from its balloon launch facility near Hurley, South Dakota.

The craft is moving eastbound across the midwest states.

Real time tracking: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a2680b

#Ballooning #Balloon #NearSpace #Technology #Space #Stratospheric #HBAL714

Wanaka Airport announced the realization of the next NASA super-pressure balloon campaign from New Zealand in 2025.

One of the flights will carry #HIWINDS an experiment aimed to measure the daytime thermospheric winds by monitoring the neutral wind induced Doppler shift in the airglow emission.

The other flight will be a test for the super-pressure balloon itself (still under qualification) probably with a payload of opportunity.

#NearSpace #Science #Research #Technology #Stratospheric #NASA