The polar vortex is a massive, swirling band of cold air that normally traps frigid temperatures around the Arctic. However, ...

The term “polar vortex” might conjure images of mythical icy storms swirling through the North Pole but in reality it’s a ...

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 ...

A lobe of the polar vortex, a ring of freezing air typically found near the North Pole, will once again move into the central and eastern states this week, bringing some of the coldest air of the ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Joe by emailing joe.edwards@newsweek.com While meteorologists say that in most cases, polar vortex intrusions aren't disruptive, they are sometimes ...

The frigid stream of air that plunged down into the Central U.S. this week is breaking cold records from South Dakota to Texas, with temperatures in the single digits setting records in many ...

Because this is the Polar Vortex Blog, we would love to be able to tell you how the stratospheric polar vortex is doing super cool things that can explain how cold and snowy it’s been in many ...

A researcher expects the polar vortex to strengthen over the next two weeks. This has a big impact on our day-to-day weather here in the Great Lakes region and even the Northeast. Judah Cohen ...

January is shaping up to be the coldest in a decade as the polar vortex dips south across the eastern half of the United States — shocking a nation that has enjoyed an unusually balmy end of the ...

Much of the country will be hit with extreme low temperatures over the next week as a polar vortex sends cold air down from the North Pole. Real feel temperatures throughout the northeast ...

A polar vortex is set to bring weeks of icy temperatures to the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City. “This could end up being the coldest January since 2011 for the U.S. as a whole,” said ...

You may have seen the term “polar vortex” floating around social media lately. The term may sound a little ominous, but KHOU 11 meteorologist Pat Cavlin says it’s not as scary as it seems.