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

Hello, readers! Let’s talk about a term that’s been used, and often misused, in the media recently: the polar vortex. The ...

The vortex is essentially an area of low pressure in the upper layers of the atmosphere over the polar region up north. This ...

According to the NWS, the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole, during the winter season. It is ...

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the South.

While scientists say that there is not evidence that extreme cold is becoming more frequent or intense, a growing body of research is finding that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening ...

The polar vortex is like a giant, swirling pool of super-cold air in the upper atmosphere over the North Pole. Imagine it like ... air can spill out and slide south, making places like the United ...

When the Polar Vortex is in a weakened state, a jet stream wobble sending polar air into the mid-latitudes becomes more ...

Like much of the U.S., Wisconsinites woke up Tuesday morning to bitter cold conditions. Many schools and colleges throughout ...

The long-range data shows we may be done with a true Arctic air mass similar to what we experienced in January. But we ...

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