# HG changeset patch # User Jens-Uwe Grooss # Date 1582879407 -3600 # Node ID e8f425b257135a54ed36f798f124fa76255d444d # Parent c71aaab5acb550fd65003bf8abae5923b3538bca update description for the current (2020) winter diff -r c71aaab5acb5 -r e8f425b25713 templates/en/rst/ozoneloss.rst --- a/templates/en/rst/ozoneloss.rst Fri Feb 28 09:40:18 2020 +0100 +++ b/templates/en/rst/ozoneloss.rst Fri Feb 28 09:43:27 2020 +0100 @@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ -------- The calculations **for the current winter 2019/2020** show so far -somewhat above average ozone depletion. Towards the end of January +somewhat above average ozone depletion. +Since the end of January the statospheric +temperatures are very low and the polar vortex remains stable. End of February +the average column ozone loss reached about 70 DU, the second highest value +in the last decade after 2016. + +Towards the end of January the stratospheric Temperatures are very low, i.e. high ozone depletion could follow if the polar vortex remains stable.