The polar dance that caused snow to fall across the South in January has been studied for decades, but scientists still hope ...

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 ...

The polar vortex is a massive area of cold air located high in the atmosphere, typically spinning over the north pole. Imagine it as a giant, icy whirlpool far above the Earth, keeping frigid ...

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

With the Northern Hemisphere well into the winter months, it may seem like temperatures are cold enough already. However, a deep freeze, thanks to the polar vortex dipping down from Siberia ...

The most unusually cold air in the Northern Hemisphere will move into the Plains and Midwest this weekend as the polar vortex lobe zaps the country like a jellyfish tentacle. Temperatures may be ...

some of the vortex can break off or move south, bringing unusually cold weather into the U.S., Europe and Asia. The images below show how the influence of climate change from as far away as the ...

Am I going to be buried in snow? As its name implies, the circumpolar vortex is a counterclockwise-spinning (northern hemisphere) swirl of super-cold air in the upper atmosphere that sits atop the ...

Stable polar vortex: When the stratosphere over the Arctic is cold, it's considered stable. The wind around the polar vortex is tight, essentially hugging the cold air nice and tight. Stable polar ...

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We aren’t talking about your average cold snap that causes a few chillier-than-normal days. A disruption in the polar vortex is about to send an Arctic air mass from Siberia as far south as Florida.

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