Warm conditions across much of Europe are forecast to give way to periods of unseasonably cool temperatures and stormy ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation ...

Several days with temperatures of 10-20 degrees below the historical average could be dangerous to plants and ruin outdoor plans.

When the polar vortex collapsed in the middle of March, the planet's weather patterns were redrawn. That could mean snow for ...

April 5, 2025 - By Laura Ciasto and Amy Butler - After spending much of the season with super strong wind speeds, the polar ...

Spring may have technically sprung in the Northern Hemisphere, but the lingering impact of the collapsing polar vortex could ...

A team of researchers from the Met Office and the University of Leeds has pinpointed a new reason for winter storm clusters, ...

Scientists have revealed the cause of three huge storms that battered the UK in space of a week in 2022. An "intense swirling ...

February 2022 was also characterized by an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex—a large spinning mass of cold air in ...

Scientists say a "swirling polar vortex" miles above the Earth caused three deadly storms in the UK and Ireland, which ...

The polar vortex in the stratosphere broke up, which caused the movement of cold Arctic air towards southern latitudes, ...