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 ...

The seemingly imminent polar vortex collapse will result in arctic air being released into North America, marking the second ...

Following more wintry weather from storms this weekend in the Midwest and Northeast, warmth will build and expand over the central and eastern United States next week. However, Accuweather's ...

changes in the weather can cause the vortex to wobble and even separate into pieces, which results in waves of frigid Arctic air being ushered southward across North America, Europe and Asia.

The first occurred around mid-February and coincided with a strong cold-air release across much of the central and eastern United States. Forecasters are warning this vortex is looking ...

Whether or not it’s connected to climate change, the pattern is still rearing its head this winter and it’s working in tandem with the polar vortex. The jet stream and frigid air just could ...

A polar vortex is a ‘large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of the Earth’s poles’ that ‘ALWAYS exists near ...

A polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air that surrounds the Earth’s poles, according to the National Weather Service. Polar vortexes typically develop in September and ...

This week’s snow storm should help diminish moderate drought across northern Wisconsin and bordering Upper Peninsula counties ...

However, there are times in which the polar vortex is disrupted by influxes of warm air. When strong atmospheric waves in the troposphere, the layer in which we live, breach the stratosphere ...

But where exactly is this air coming from, and how did it arrive? For starters, the Arctic polar vortex is a band of strong westerly winds that form in the stratosphere between about 10 and 30 ...