The Advocate12d
Why are we seeing heavy snow in south Louisiana? It's about timing and the 'polar vortex.'
The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air ...
As U.S. shivered through polar vortex, one state was unusually warm
Ranked dead last, or perhaps not mentioned at all, would probably be the only state that sits partly within the Arctic Circle ...
WWNO10d
New Orleans' record snow was fueled by the polar vortex. Did climate change play a role?
Anytime we get an Arctic air blast down this far south, this is an artifact of the polar vortex rearing its ugly head,” said ...
What do warm Gulf temps have to do with the snow in Louisiana? Might be more than you think.
Warmer-than-normal temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico did not cause the record-setting snowfall, but the conditions may have ...
Louisiana just got its first-ever blizzard warning
Louisiana isn’t known for extreme cold weather—but that changed Tuesday, when the National Weather Service issued its ...
‘Once in a lifetime’ snow hits parts of the U.S. South
A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven’t seen ...
The New York Times13d
Why Is It So Cold in the South If the Planet Is Warming? Here’s What We Know.
A mass of air called the polar vortex has escaped the Arctic and plunged ... bring record snowfall to parts of Louisiana and Texas. “This is absolutely crazy.” “The last time I remember ...
NOLA.com13d
Why are we seeing heavy snow in south Louisiana? It's about timing and the 'polar vortex.'
He pointed out another change in the polar vortex brought sharp cold temperatures to south Louisiana in February 2021, but the moisture from the Gulf wasn't around that time. Lauren Nash ...
NOLA.com11d
What do warm Gulf temps have to do with the snow in Louisiana? Might be more than you think.
government offices and businesses was a result of an expansion in the polar vortex — likely the second-coldest air mass on record to hit South Louisiana, Grymes said — coincidentally meeting a ...
The Washington Post5d
As U.S. shivered through polar vortex, one state was unusually warm
The Carolinas, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas ... Elsewhere, a displaced lobe of the polar vortex has brought an unrelenting chill to large parts of the contiguous United States.