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

It's like "bomb cyclone" or "firenado." It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the ...

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the ...

Winter is making its presence known in New York City, as the polar vortex is bringing brutally cold temperatures to the ...

This cold was certainly extraordinary, but the polar vortex event of January 2019 brought life in the northern and central United States to a frozen halt. At that time in our area, the coldest actual ...

The coldest weather of the season to date will be due to a phenomenon called a polar vortex, an upper-level jet stream that ...

And if the polar vortex is to blame. First, a quick refresher on the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a region of very strong winds that form a circle around the North Pole. The vortex is located ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI--Michiganders are experiencing some of the coldest temperatures since the 2019 Polar Vortex this week. Most ...

The coldest air that we’ve felt in six years has Michigan in its icy grips today. The cold blast originating in northern ...

This blast of frozen temperatures is tied to a polar vortex... but what is that? Air spins around the notoriously cold North and South Poles. When the air is spinning fast, it's stable, but when it is ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Our entire region is under an Extreme Cold Weather Warning until 12 p.m. Tuesday; wind chills could fall as low as -45 degrees. This Arctic blast is thanks to a polar vortex.

Make sure to pack on some extra thick layers this week, because a bitterly cold Arctic outbreak is set to bring some of the ...