An Arctic blast is set to hit most of the country this weekend and into next week as the polar vortex pushes frigid ...

Imagine the polar vortex as a giant, icy whirlpool far above the Earth, keeping frigid Arctic air contained near the north ...

How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the ...

Cold air from the arctic sometimes dips southward across the American plains. What to know about the polar vortex.

Natural gas prices surged more than 20% on Monday after a wave of forecasts over the weekend predicted incoming arctic air could set the ... winter due to the polar vortex, too, and that region ...

When the Polar Vortex weakens, it allows the cold ... The bitterly cold air could also impact natural gas drilling and operations in the Marcellus Shale region of the Northeast." ...

Cold temperatures raise concerns about energy use and heat, potentially causing natural gas to spike ... pressure changes of the polar vortex are bringing Arctic air southwards.

US natural gas futures spiked due to forecasts of an arctic blast and polar vortex expected to hit the ... Lower 48 in the coming days. The arctic air mass is expected to linger for weeks in ...

The Details: On Sunday, AccuWeather meteorologists released an extended forecast predicting cold Arctic air over ... polar vortex weather, which has caused this spike in natural gas this morning ...

Their local utility, Pepco — which relies on natural gas and coal for roughly ... However, NERC says a Polar Vortex or an extended arctic blast could lead to electricity shortages at the worst ...