It's already a lot to endure frigid winter conditions, but what happens when we get an unwelcome visit from an even colder spell of air like a polar vortex? "A polar vortex is simply that: a vortex ...

Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the Arctic, two distinct polar vortex patterns — both distorted and displaced — ...

The United States could be headed for some extreme weather this winter. That’s the early prediction from Severe Weather Europe, a website that tracks weather patterns around the globe. Three factors ...

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- As we transition from a record wet summer to a delayed fall, we are already thinking ahead to winter. In this episode of "Weather or Not," WABC-TV chief meteorologist Lee Goldberg ...

With fall looming and winter not far behind, New Yorkers are looking ahead to see what they have in store as the colder ...

Now, a new study suggests that these cold extremes are due to an increasingly common pattern in the polar vortex, the zone of low pressure that usually circulates over the Arctic. Disruptions to this ...