A lobe of the polar vortex, a ring of freezing air typically found near the North Pole, will once again move into the central ...
The polar vortex is not synonymous with cold snaps, but when it slides toward the United States, the polar jet stream can ...
The term “polar vortex” usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region. It is a ...
The sudden winter chill came thanks to the polar vortex, an area of low pressure and cold air in the Arctic near the North Pole, that has taken hold over parts of the country, meteorologists say.
The easy answer is a deep southward dip in the polar jet stream that typically rings the globe at higher latitudes but is ...
BISMARCK, N.D. — Harsh cold descended on the nation’s midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and Northern Plains on the heels of weekend storms that pummeled the Eastern U.S ...
The United States has been at the epicenter of the planet’s most unusually cold conditions early in 2025. The polar vortex is to blame.
Friday brings the final day of the record-breaking arctic outbreak that has frozen the central U.S., but the danger isn't ...