Those rumors came from a weather blog in north Texas that posted about the "polar vortex" a few days after Christmas. At the moment, there is no cold air outbreak in the forecast, even extended.

The Rockies, northern Plains, and Upper Midwest will bear the brunt of these extreme ... as far as the South and the mid-Atlantic. The polar vortex could bring life-threatening weather conditions ...

Bear in mind that not all parts of the US are ... Scientists are getting better and better at predicting when polar vortex disturbances and full-blown breakdowns will occur. According to NOAA ...

Because this is the Polar Vortex Blog, we would love to be able to tell you how the stratospheric polar vortex is doing super cool things that can explain how cold and snowy it’s been in many ...

It’s really, really cold again — as the US shivers through at least the eighth blast of air from the Arctic this winter. Winter, which is warming faster than any other season for much of the ...

One factor that plays a role in ultimately determining the degree of frigidity is a polar vortex. But what is a polar vortex, exactly? The polar vortex is an expansive area of low pressure in 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 ...

Data from a polar vortex splitting during 2002’s Southern Hemisphere sudden warming event helps expand models to accommodate ...

The connection, Cohen said, lies in the polar vortex, a swirling body of frigid air that circles the Arctic. A second polar vortex swirls over Antarctica. Typically that cold air is contained by a ...