A winter storm is headed for North Carolina; do you know how to decipher winter weather forecasts? While just about everyone knows the definitions for snow, sleet and freezing rain, other terms used ...

The snow has melted, the air is warm, and the first day of spring 2026 is near, but don't pull out the swimsuit just yet, because "false spring" in New York will be disrupted by the polar vortex split ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The polar vortex is a large area of low pressure encompassing the Earth’s poles. It can weaken and split up, causing the polar jet stream to move southward. This pushes cold ...

A cold front will bring plunging temperatures and snow to the Northeast this week. Polar vortex disruptions, caused by Sudden Stratospheric Warming, drive extreme cold southward. Officials advise ...

A band of fast-spinning stratospheric winds normally keeps Arctic air bottled above the North Pole all winter. But when that circulation, known as the polar vortex, weakens and breaks apart, the cold ...

A disrupted polar vortex is expected to bring cold weather to many parts of the U.S., and potentially snow to some regions. A rare atmospheric event known as sudden stratospheric warming is being ...

NEW YORK - As a winter storm threatens to bring snow and colder air to parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, meteorologists are once again talking about the polar vortex — a powerful atmospheric ...

A Polar vortex has covered the Philadelphia region under a canopy of frigid temperatures, but many people may not realize what a Polar vortex actually is, and the dangers — like frostbite — such ...

An unstable polar vortex is sending cold Arctic air and bitter cold temperatures to New Jersey today with the coldest air of the 2025-2026 winter season expected tonight, Monday, Dec. 8, as threats of ...

Winter weather forecasts use specific terms that can be confusing to the general public. The "feels like" temperature and wind chill describe how weather conditions feel to the human body. Bundle up, ...