{"id":1901,"date":"2014-09-27T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/newsroom14\/?p=702"},"modified":"2021-06-22T18:40:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T22:40:11","slug":"will-polar-vortex-make-a-comeback-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/2014\/09\/27\/will-polar-vortex-make-a-comeback-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Polar Vortex Make a Comeback? Maybe."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago\u2019s most recent winter was also one of the coldest thanks to a powerful polar vortex. The average temperature was eight degrees lower than the previous winter and over 60 inches of snow fell on the city throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>The bad news is that Chicago\u2019s upcoming winter may be more of the same. Maybe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny person that claims that they can predict the pattern of the polar vortex isn\u2019t an expert,\u201d said Eric Lenning, a NOAA meteorologist in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>The polar vortex, a massive air current that circles around Baffin Island in northern Canada, is unpredictable and its impact on a winter season is just as random. On occasion, the jet stream pulls the cold air southward.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/2014\/09\/27\/will-polar-vortex-make-a-comeback-maybe\/winter-is-coming\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1601,1072\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"winter-is-coming\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?w=800\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?w=1160\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3749 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.home.ona\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?w=800\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png 1601w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=800,536 800w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=1160,777 1160w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=1536,1028 1536w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=1400,937 1400w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=120,80 120w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=90,60 90w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=320,214 320w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=560,375 560w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=240,161 240w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=180,121 180w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=640,429 640w, https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/winter-is-coming-1.png?resize=1120,750 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>El Nino has the possibility to affect the polar vortex this year. The weather pattern\u2019s warmer air can possibly help expand the vortex.<\/p>\n<p>Although predicting impact is impossible, Lenning said, \u201c\u2026historically these severe winters tend to come in twos.\u201d Which doesn\u2019t bode well for the citizens of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>For 23 days during the winter season, the temperature at O\u2019Hare International Airport dropped below zero.<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/testing.journalists.org\/wp-content\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/Deaths-2.png\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/testing.journalists.org\/wp-content\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/Roads-2.png\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%;clear: both;height: 1px\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INFOGRAPHIC: What&#8217;s up with Chicago\u2019s weather? Looking back and toward the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10478,"featured_media":3751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[479],"tags":[563],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"coauthors":[1139],"class_list":{"0":"post-1901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-ona14"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/alan-infographic-990-1.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd5Q1c-uF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10478"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4360,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions\/4360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}