When the polar vortex stumbles, the weather at ground level can pivot from mild to brutal in a matter of days. A circulation ...

Two newly identified patterns in the stratospheric polar vortex can send cold air over North America to cause extreme cold snaps, but the parts of the country that suffer differ between them. Those ...

Thanksgiving is less than a week away which means the fall season is ending. With it comes colder temperatures from an ...

KANSAS CITY — A notable, early-season stratospheric warming event that occurred in mid-November brought widespread snow and much colder temperatures to Canada and the north-central and eastern ...

Face it — "polar vortex" is fun to say. It sounds like something that could have killed a red-shirted crewmember on the original "Star Trek" television series. Maybe that's why a weather feature that ...

Dec. 27 (UPI) --The polar vortex is linked with a variety of weather phenomena across the Northern Hemisphere, including cold spells in Europe and Asia. The vortex is also often referenced as the ...

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