Three factors are combining to increase the likelihood of a weaker polar vortex this winter, the website reports. And a ...

In A Nutshell A major study of 42 years of data shows severe winter storms have shifted northwest, away from the traditional ...

Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the ...

Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, ...

January is about to get frightfully colder in parts of the US and it’s time for the first polar vortex of 2025. While such weather phenomena are common at times, the upcoming polar vortex ...

In the winter, a disruption in the polar vortex can occur as it tends to expand in the Northern Hemisphere, pushing that cold air farther south, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

Rather, a polar vortex is a "well-known feature of Earth's atmosphere that describes the high-altitude winds that blow around the pole every winter, miles above us in a region called the ...

A polar vortex disruption is underway. What it means is up in the air. Scientists still can’t yet say how a massive warming in the stratosphere above the North Pole will affect our weather ...

What is the polar vortex? The arctic weather pattern explained. 00:50. It's a term you hear every couple of winters, when we get stuck in the coldest of cold patterns – polar vortex.

The polar vortex is a gigantic, circular area of cold air high up in the atmosphere that typically spins over the North Pole ... Weather.com meteorologist Jonathan Erdman said.