It's like "bomb cyclone" or "firenado." It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the ...
Several businesses and organizations have announced closings and cancellations ahead of the extremely cold temperatures.
Highs on Monday and Tuesday of next week could only stay in the single digits, which has not happened since late January of ...
This cold was certainly extraordinary, but the polar vortex event of January 2019 brought life in the northern and central United States to a frozen halt. At that time in our area, the coldest actual ...
Americans have been warned to brace for more winter storms as Arctic winds are set to dump more ice and snow amid freezing temperatures.
Imagine the polar vortex as a giant, icy whirlpool far above the Earth, keeping frigid Arctic air contained near the north ...
We are in the thick of it now with some areas experiencing the coldest air temperatures since the polar vortex of the 2019 ...
But during the winter, it is joined by a second atmospheric phenomenon dubbed the polar vortex. This swirl of frigid air, located more than 10 miles above Earth’s surface, strengthens each year ...
This blast of frozen temperatures is tied to a polar vortex... but what is that? Air spins around the notoriously cold North and South Poles. When the air is spinning fast, it's stable, but when it is ...
It looks like it could get even colder heading into next week. Within the last decade, the phrase 'polar vortex' has become popularized in the weather world. In fact, you may have heard it getting ...