Powerful polar vortex in the stratosphere brings frigid temperatures to US
A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the ...
Satellite Images Show Polar Vortex Bringing Icy Chaos to US
Americans have been warned to brace for more winter storms as Arctic winds are set to dump more ice and snow amid freezing ...
CBS News6d
What is the polar vortex and how does it impact weather?
It's a term you hear every couple of winters, when we get stuck in the coldest of cold patterns – polar vortex. But what exactly is it and how does it impact our weather? The polar vortex is ...
The Washington Post8d
The polar vortex will soon hit the U.S. See how cold it’ll get where you live
A lobe of the polar vortex, a stormy ring that typically keeps the coldest air locked up near the North Pole, will dip southward into the United States this weekend into next week. Polar air ...
WRAL8d
Ask the Meteorologist: What is the polar vortex, and why do we care?
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 ...
The Shreveport Times8d
Louisiana to get cold wave this weekend. Why is the polar vortex to blame?
Answers as to why these strange temperatures and weather events are prevalent may be found in the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both ...
The Washington Post6d
120 million people could experience subzero temps soon. Where the cold will be worst.
Much of the country is in for widespread and dangerously cold temperatures beginning this weekend — and lasting through much of next week — as a lobe of the polar vortex over northern ...