Sub-freezing temperatures can extend as far south as the Gulf Coast and Florida Peninsula in the US. The polar vortex primarily affects countries situated in the Northern Hemisphere’s mid to ...

FLORIDA — Even Florida will see frigid temperatures this week as a polar vortex brings bitterly cold air and heavy snow to other parts of the Central and Eastern United States. The Arctic blast ...

"The large polar vortex disruption from the second week of March is playing a key role in next week’s eastern US cold snap," meteorologist Judah Cohen of Atmospheric and Environmental Research told ...

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A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.

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A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.