The quick growth of ice across the Great Lakes Basin was due to the cold snap brought on by a weakening of the polar vortex. The polar vortex refers to frigid air that typically circulates the ...

The 2024-2025 Great Lakes ice season has seen near-normal ice cover, a change from recent years with record lows. Ice cover peaked in February at just over 50% due to a polar vortex.

Here in the lower Great Lakes Region, we are well-equipped to handle blasts of cold and snow. It’s when the polar vortex sends arctic air into areas that don’t usually receive it that it can ...

According to an article published by NASA in 2015, the 2013-14 polar vortex resulted in 92.5 percent of the Great Lakes being covered in ice, the second most extensive ice cover observed via ...

"A big cool down is on the way especially across the Great Lakes and Northeast, where it will feel more like late February in Chicago and New York early next week as highs drop into the 30s and ...

The FOX Forecast Center said a lobe of the polar vortex will dip to the south and move into the US this weekend and into next week. ... from the Plains to the Great Lakes and interior Northeast. ...

This front will cover most of the eastern states and the Great Lakes region with extreme cold reaching as far south as northern Georgia. Heavy snow is also expected with this polar vortex from the ...

First polar vortex of 2025 will bring dangerously frosty temperatures for millions of Americans. ... Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, and Northeast.

Editor's Note for Sat. Jan. 18: A polar vortex is set to impact much of the US. Click here for the latest update. A polar vortex is forecasted to blanket most of the continental United States in ...

The polar vortex is known for bringing chilly temperatures during winter. ... — Steve Howe reports on weather, climate and the Great Lakes for the Democrat and Chronicle.

Here in the lower Great Lakes Region, we are well-equipped to handle blasts of cold and snow. It’s when the polar vortex ...