Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sudden stratospheric warming

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: sud-den s-trato-spher-ic warm-ing
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

6

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A weather phenomenon where the polar vortex breaks down, causing a sudden temperature increase in the stratosphere of 50 kelvin or more.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sudden stratospheric warmings (plural)

Questions

What does sudden stratospheric warming mean?: A weather phenomenon where the polar vortex breaks down, causing a sudden temperature increase in the stratosphere of 50 kelvin or more.

How to pronounce sudden stratospheric warming

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “sudden stratospheric warming”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “sudden stratospheric warming”.
Repeat and practice — Say “sudden stratospheric warming” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.