Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...

How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the ...

One of the key players in these dramatic shifts is something called the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a massive area of cold air located high in the atmosphere, typically spinning over the ...

It's a term you hear every couple of winters, when we get stuck in the coldest of cold patterns – polar vortex. But what exactly is it and how does it impact our weather? The polar vortex is ...

Most of the US will enjoy milder temperatures on Thursday, but the warmup will be brief as a polar vortex will send temperatures tumbling below freezing for most of the nation starting this ...

In short, the answer is the polar vortex. But what does that mean? The polar vortex is a “constant feature” that begins to develop sometime in September and persist through sometime in spring ...

frigid air pushes southward toward the U.S. What's the difference between an Arctic air mass and the polar vortex? Arctic air masses originate over the Arctic or Antarctic regions and are very cold.

It looks like it could get even colder heading into next week. Within the last decade, the phrase 'polar vortex' has become popularized in the weather world. In fact, you may have heard it getting ...

Much of the country will be hit with extreme low temperatures over the next week as a polar vortex sends cold air down from the North Pole. Real feel temperatures throughout the northeast ...

But is Wisconsin in a polar vortex? And what is a polar vortex anyways? Here's what to know. What is a polar vortex? A polar vortex is a low pressure area where air swirls counterclockwise keeping ...