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

It's like "bomb cyclone" or "firenado." It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the record-breaking blast of cold, snow and wintry conditions that reached all the way to the ...

How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the polar regions—here’s how it works ...

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

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 ...

A mass of air called the polar vortex has escaped the Arctic and plunged southward. Some scientists see the fingerprints of ...

Brits could face several inches of snow in the coming days according to shocking new weather maps, with forecasters also ...

it reverberates down to the tropospheric polar vortex and causes it to run amuck in the lower latitudes. This is how we get prolonged periods of snow and cold, and crippling freezes, snow ...

Faster movement will cause the storm to form farther offshore ... will move into the Plains and Midwest this weekend as the polar vortex lobe zaps the country like a jellyfish tentacle.

Latest weather maps show that a 'polar vortex split' is about to hit the UK causing wintry chaos. It could being up to 11 ...