Polar vortex disturbance is causing frigid Artic air to surge southward, bringing cold temperatures and possibly snow to many ...

High above the North Pole, about 10 to 30 miles above Earth’s surface, sits a massive whirlpool of icy air known as the polar vortex. Think of it as a giant spinning top of frigid air trapped by ...

The culprit behind the country’s somewhat wacky weather, or at least part of it, is the (aforementioned) probable sudden stratospheric warming event (SSW) disrupting the stratosphere’s polar vortex ...

The polar vortex is weakening, and pockets of cold air are expected to break off and travel south into the United States — with some Arctic air expected to encroach on New England after Thanksgiving, ...