Why Polar Vortexes Are Becoming More Common Understanding the Polar Vortex The polar vortex is like a massive whirlpool of ...

However, Ol’ Man Winter has had other ideas. Instead of spinning his polar vortex in a nice tight loop around the North Pole (which keeps the cold air tightly-wound around the pole), he’s been doing a ...

On a local level 2024 in Kansas City ranks as 4th warmest marked by an historic severe weather season and more.

The National Weather Service says Mobile got 7.5 inches of snow on Tuesday, 2.5 inches more than the previous record set all the way back in January 1881. "We're still just shaking our heads in ...

Anytime we get an Arctic air blast down this far south, this is an artifact of the polar vortex rearing its ugly head,” said climatologist Barry Keim .

"Cold weather, no snow—much more difficult and time-consuming because now you add half a day/four hours to each job...because now we have to get the frost out of the ground first." Winter ...

Warmer-than-normal temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico did not cause the record-setting snowfall, but the conditions may have been an ingredient to the unusual weather.

Yes. Although this blast of Arctic air sweeping the nation has thrown Bostonians scrounging through closets to find hats, ...

When there are disturbances in which the Jet Stream weakens, it can become wobbly. This allows the cold air to plunge southwards. A disrupted polar vortex does not happen every year. Very much so what ...

Parts of the Gulf Coast measured a foot of snow on Tuesday. For many cities the totals obliterate long-standing snowfall ...

Extreme cold and snow smacked the Gulf Coast states this week, but the polar vortex may not be to blame.

Unprecedented snowfall hits the U.S. South. Discover how this winter storm is setting new records and causing rare blizzard ...