Dr. Amy H Butler
@DrAHButler
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Atmospheric Scientist at NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, atmos dynamics/chemistry-climate, polar vortex expert. Views expressed are mine.
Boulder, CO
Joined December 2015
RT @NOAAClimate: Another surge of very cold air looks to drop down from the Arctic over a large region of the central U.S. this weekend and…
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RT @NOAAClimate: Parts of the Midwest and East Coast have been blanketed by the first major snow and cold of 2025. Is the polar vortex to b…
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RT @NOAAClimate: What are the odds of a stratospheric polar vortex disruption this winter? In this month's Polar Vortex Blog our experts ta…
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The NOAA Polar Vortex blog has returned! Check out our new post on some surprising things that have been going on in the polar stratosphere since last spring.
OUR POLAR VORTEX BLOG IS BACK! This week our experts recap what the polar vortex is, what happened over the past summer, and what antics the polar vortex has been getting into recently. Read more:
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RT @WorldClimateSvc: The monthly PDO index dropped to -2.4 in October, the lowest of any month since 1955. This negative PDO extreme is mo…
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RT @NOAAClimate: During the peak of ozone depletion season from Sep 7-Oct 13, the 2024 area of the ozone hole ranked the 7th-smallest since…
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RT @NOAA: FACT CHECK: Debunking weather modification claims. No one creates or steers hurricanes; the technology does not exist. Details:…
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RT @MillinMan1: I am really pleased to share this new paper out today by myself, @wxjay, and @cmalloy_econ looking at how North American wi…
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RT @WxNB_: Phoenix, Arizona is arguably facing one of the most extraordinary heatwaves ever recorded in American history, both in terms of…
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RT @NASAClimate: Warm ocean waters due to human-caused climate change helped fuel Hurricane #Milton to become a powerful Category 5 storm.…
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RT @Weather_West: An incredible, ongoing, & increasingly record-shattering heatwave has plagued much of Southwestern U.S. for *weeks* now.…
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RT @ChrisGloninger: Let's look at the misinformation/disinformation of this post: 1st - it encompasses temperatures across the United Stat…
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RT @Ginger_Zee: Y’all — cloud seeding is not happening in Florida. So many are conflating these ideas and it’s a distraction from important…
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RT @Weather_West: This may be a good time for a reminder that it's not possible to control the path, intensity, or other characteristics of…
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RT @NWSPhoenix: Record high temperatures were shattered at both Phoenix and Yuma today with highs at 117°F and 112°F, respectively. For Pho…
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RT @ed_hawkins: New air quality stripes! Find your city and see how the air quality has changed over the past 170+ years.
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It's time to welcome back the Northern Hemisphere polar vortex! Will be interesting to see what's in store winter ☃️
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@MeteoMark No, I don't think of the two as connected. Sure, a SH #SSW affects the Brewer-Dobson circulation, but at the wrong time of year to have much lasting effect on the NH vortex.
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