A strong, stable vortex is like a skater spinning with their arms tucked closely in, holding in an area of cold air over the Arctic. But when there’s a wobble in the rotation, winds in the vortex can ...

During the 2018 Beast from the East, the UK experienced one of its most severe winter weather events in recent years. The ...

Britain's wintry nightmare is set to resume this weekend with WXChart maps showing when the first flurries will arrive at our ...

Europe may be in for another cold blast like the one that surprised forecasters and sent gas prices soaring last week, with the potential weakening of winds that keep frigid air confined to the Arctic ...

The UK is set to experience a short-lived Indian summer with balmy weather and highs of 15C before a short cold snap arrives and the entire country turns icy blue ...

INCHES of snow could hammer the country with a 'polar vortex split' in February. Advanced weather modelling maps from WX ...

Both love and snow are in the air this Valentine’s Day, with large swathes of the UK to see snow fall. Urban and rural areas ...

Brits could face several inches of snow in the coming days according to shocking new weather maps, with forecasters also ...

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...

Absolutely incredible'. This latest cold snap comes from a disruption in the polar vortex, the ring of cold air usually trapped at the North Pole. Frigid cold persisted across the eastern two ...

A blast of arctic air from Canada has brought the season's coldest weather to most of the United States. The system, known as a polar vortex, is forecast to bring subzero temperatures to the ...

A blast of arctic air from Canada has brought the season's coldest weather to most of the United States. The system, known as a polar vortex ... Download USA TODAY's app to get to the heart ...