GOES EAST WATER VAPOR 3.7.05. The vortex is over the Atlantic Ocean. This is the North Atlantic Oscillation moving equatorial temperature air to the Northern Latitudes to be cooled. Over the Great Lakes there has been a second vortex sort of trapped due to the persistant larger ionic vortex in the Atlantic. if you'll click on the title it will take you to a map you can animate to see the chronic issues the Great Lake areas are experiencing.