As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of Earth’s poles 10 to 30 miles above the surface. The term vortex is used to ...

Britain could be plunged into cold snap this month thanks to a blast of chilly Arctic air ... A spokesperson said: "The stratosphere polar vortex is now weakening rapidly. Over the last few ...

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense ...

Brits are set for a -5C Arctic blast with snow falling at two inches per hour due to a rare polar vortex. There is no end yet to the wintry weather as after a milder start to March the ...

The polar vortex could bring a cold blast to millions across America in ... which results in waves of frigid Arctic air being ushered southward across North America, Europe, and Asia, AccuWeather ...

Icy winds from the Arctic are bringing yet another spell of freezing weather to Scotland due to a phenomenon known as a polar vortex collapse, which is keeping more spring weather at bay.

And while the weather will remain relatively warm for the next week, a polar vortex collapse expected over the next two weeks may bring cold temperatures and even snow to Columbus. Here is what ...

Scientists believe deadly Arctic winds were to blame for a series of savage storms that wreaked havoc in Britain over just a ...

Scotland could be in for another wintery blast as new weather maps ... which could lead to a "collapse of the polar vortex", a shift that might send Arctic air surging south, Express reports.

South of the Arctic’s polar vortex is the jet stream, a river of west to east air that flows five to nine miles above ground, and helps keep the pole’s cold air confined to the Arctic.

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists.

South of the Arctic’s polar vortex is the jet stream, a river of west to east air that flows five to nine miles above ground, and helps keep the pole’s cold air confined to the Arctic.