Source: Climate.gov, Polar Vortex Blog
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: March 20, 2024
THE POLAR VORTEX IS SPINNING BACKWARDS: Earlier this month, atmospheric scientists noticed something unusual in the Arctic stratosphere. The polar vortex was spinning backward.
“The vortex changed direction around March 4th,” reports Dr. Amy Butler, author of NOAA’s Polar Vortex Blog. “It was a substantial reversal, reaching -20.5 m/s a few days ago, which puts it in the top 6 strongest such events since 1979.”
Two weeks later, it is still spinning backwards. What’s going on?
“Atmospheric planetary waves have been breaking in the polar stratosphere, increasing its temperature,” says Butler. “We call this a ‘Sudden Stratospheric Warming event, and it can cause the vortex to change direction.'”
In recent years, many people have heard the phrase “polar vortex” because of the effect it can have on winter weather. When the polar vortex is strong and stable, it helps confine cold air to polar regions. When the vortex weakens or becomes disturbed, cold air spills out to lower latitudes.
This month’s backward vortex has *not* caused an outbreak of winter weather. Instead, it has produced a very strong increase in polar ozone.
“Sudden Stratospheric Warming events accelerate the transport of ozone from the tropics to the poles,” explains Butler. “Also, warming air helps prevent chemical ozone loss.”
The current ‘ozone spike’ — the opposite of an ozone hole — is the biggest in the month of March since record-keeping began in 1979.
Soon, things could return to normal. The vortex’s backward-spin is slowing, and “could become westerly again in about 10 days,” says Butler. If so, the ozone spike will subside.
Source: NOAA Climate.gov graphic, adapted from original by NOAA.gov – When the Arctic polar vortex is especially strong and stable (left globe), it encourages the polar jet stream, down in the troposphere, to shift northward. The coldest polar air stays in the Arctic. When the vortex weakens, shifts, or splits (right globe), the polar jet stream often becomes extremely wavy, allowing warm air to flood into the Arctic and polar air to sink down into the mid-latitudes. NOAA Climate.gov graphic, adapted from original by NOAA.gov.
Planetary Waves: Just like ocean waves, gravity waves and planetary waves don’t transport air across long distances. Rather, they push air molecules together and then apart. This results in little net movement but a lot of transfer of energy, much in the way that participating in ‘the Wave’ at a baseball game results in mild exercise and good cheer but at the end, everyone is still in the seat they paid for. Source: The Planetary Society, Planetary.org
February 1979 was also the snowiest February this century and one of the snowiest months in the Baltimore- Washington area since official records were first taken in the early l800s. The greatest 24-hour snowfall for any February on record also occurred in February 1979. Source (PDF): National Weather Service
SOLAR MAXIMUM, CYCLE 21 The solar maximum occurred during 1979. The general trend of activity increased throughout the year and, from the values of the MDFs obtained by our observers, the maximum of cycle 21 would appear to have been reached in 1979 October with a MDF count of 11~4 Active Areas. Source: NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Mayan Calendar and the Order of Time
Chaos is always the Sign of Major Life Change. When we slow down in traffic, we can appear to be moving backwards while those exceeding the speed limit can appear to be moving faster toward their end. We don’t have to worry when we know the One in charge, controls the Time and the Weather.
A Divine Creator is preparing us for the “Human race” to reach the Peace Beyond Human understanding. We’ll never find it as long as we are looking to the world for the Answer. Don’t expect any apologies. Don’t expect any Human understanding to heal a broken heart. Only the Creator will ever know how many tears you’ve cried, and how many times you wanted to give up before your Time is over. Don’t rely on your Human understanding of “what needs to happen” for you to Love and Forgive.
3 Deer/MANIK called us to the Mission to Love. It’s a very good thing to know our limits from the beginning. The Creator’s Breath holds the Power to Heal a broken heart. When the pain is more than we can bear, we will Know the Truth of a Miracle. We only need ONE who knows exactly how it feels. We only need to Ask to know the Truth of the possibility.
It’s only the suffering of our Ego, Human’s shadow. The first death is the one that hurts the most, when we let go of the Ego’s discernment of what our Divine Justice should be. We can count our blessings we will never live without Hope of Love in the future, and realizing it was our own choice. Our Hope is always Here and Now when we Dwell in the Light.
It takes a dedicated path to Remember that more Love than we ever imagined is the Promise of a Divine Future. We can Count our Blessings for the One that will prove the Miracle of the Creators Love.
There are 10 more days to the end of a planetary intention for Human Understanding. March 30, 2024 is the Haab New Year, 13 Earth/CABAN. By the Divine Order of Time, we are all intended to know the Truth of Answered Prayers. Our own limits will define the Love and Power that waits on the other end of the scale.
Our first order for the Mission is Faith.
Hebrews 11:1
11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
We were given the Sign of Light that’s on the way in this 25th 11-year cycle of Solar Activity. We can wait and wonder what Light we’ll see around the parameter of the Solar Eclipse, that can’t be covered by the Moon. We won’t be left in total darkness, and when a new Sun appears our Faith will be stronger than before. The darkness will pass away and we’ll be standing where we started in the Light of a Divine Creator’s Miracle of Love.
THE TRECENA OF SERPENT/CHICCHAN: Feeling Our Way
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
4 Deer/MANIK, Cherokee, Deer/Ahwu’sdi – Destiny Kin: 107, Position 7
March 20, 2024 (03/20/2024)
THE TRECENA OF SERPENT/CHICCHAN: Feeling Our Way
Visit the 13-Day Trecena Guide for an overview of this trecena and a Count of Days that includes the aspects for each day.
My gift for the Tzolk’in round is the “Tzolk’in Field Guide: A Daily Practice for Personal Discernment.” Volume 1 covers the first two seasons of the Tzolk’in round. The “Field Guide” is available to download from a link on the 13-day Trecena Guide Page.
3 Deer/MANIK (Cherokee, Deer/Ahwu’sdi) – Day 3 of 13 in the Serpent CHICCHAN’s cycle of “light.”
Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom preserved on MayanMajix.com
Galactic Tone 3: Action. Three is basic movement and communication, which begins as a vibration. Three energy is very eloquent in all types of self-expression. Communication is how Three establishes a point of agreement between any point “A” and any point “B”. Three persons are rhythmic to the core and are often restless, as motion is their nature. By working closely with the energy of Three, any person becomes more able to predict motions of all kinds.
Deer/MANIK (Hand): Deer are spirit tools. Silence itself is a spiritual experience for Deer. For Deer life is a pilgrimage. Deer are dominant persons who defend the people and will make sacrifices for others. The spirit of Deer upholds the pillars of the four directions. With the power inherent in the number four, Deer pushes away bad influences or negative energies. Skill and quality of work are very important to Deer. They are presented with tools for every task in life and it is with these that they are able to rise above limitations. Deer has a habit of keeping every tool it has ever used. This leads to clutter and indecision, loss and procrastination. When confronted with promises not kept, Deer becomes stubborn, manipulative and evasive.
A GOOD DAY TO: Be of Service to Others.
Cherokee, Deer/Ahwu’sdi: Symbolized by Constellation Galagina, the Stag, known as Taurus, the Bull. It does not include the Pleiades and Hyades clusters which in Cherokee are viewed as separate. To feed, gatherers of food and supplies, they enjoy rituals, ceremonials, feasts, the souls of hospitality, sociability. Freedom versus security issues often inspire leadership and unique solutions. Combined with artistic and inspiring energies in harmony with lunar cycles, they nourish the clans. Totem-Deer: A priest or shaman, a powerful person in general, to overwhelm an individual with one’s personal power, divination; inclined to become a teacher, healer, guru, civic leader, or politician. Ability to create harmonic resonance.
[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]
