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As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of Earth’s poles 10 to 30 miles above the surface. The term vortex is used to ...

Welcome to 'false spring,' New Jersey! A polar vortex split could bring bitter cold back to NJ, but how cold will it get and when? The latest forecast ...

Ohio and the Great Lakes are bracing for another cold shot later this month — down to single digits in places. When to expect more cold weather.

Florida has endured a winter few could have predicted. Since early November, the state has endured at least three rounds of Arctic air, and even snow.

A rare glimpse into the wintry conditions of the Mars north polar vortex has shown that temperatures inside the vortex are far colder than outside, and that the permanent darkness that winter brings ...

CLEVELAND — The temperature outside was so cold that your fingers, toes, nose and cheeks felt like they were burning. A harsh Arctic cold wave brought record-breaking temperatures to the United States ...

Snow and blowing snow will continue across Michigan as an Arctic cold front moves through the state. In the Upper Peninsula, lake effect snow and blowing snow will reduce visibility to near zero at ...

A sudden stratospheric warming is when rapid warming occurs in the stratosphere, which can have a massive impact on our weather ...

What the swirling storms on alien worlds can tell us about the climate on Earth. Damond Benningfield A somewhat alarming new phrase entered the American lexicon when parts of the United States were ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe. When you ...

A schematic of temperature measurements shows how it is 40 degrees Celsius colder inside the north polar vortex (indicated by the yellow line) compared to outside the vortex. A rare glimpse into the ...