The polar vortex is making a return to the forecast, but the counterintuitive weather feature is nothing to fear.
The polar vortex is a broad, fast ribbon of cold air that encapsulates the Arctic high in the stratosphere. Stable, it confines cold air near the North Pole. Unstable, it is rocked and stretched out ...
The polar vortex, the crippling North Pole hurricane that is turning boiling water turn into snow and wreaking havoc with air-travel across the nation, is also threatening oil production and hydraulic ...
The polar vortex is stirring up, bringing the earliest hints that the weather is changing with the new fall season. When is ...
A rare and abrupt disruption in the Arctic polar vortex is expected to impact spring temperatures across Europe and parts of the United States. Scientists are monitoring the event closely, as the ...
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A sharp change from the warm recent temperatures in Rhode Island, the NWS has posted a freeze watch for the Providence area ...
The forecast released Oct. 16 predicts where above- or below-normal temperatures and above- or below-normal precipitation are ...
Bitingly cold Arctic air keeps pummeling the U.S. with ruthless cold snaps—despite warming winters nationwide. A study explains why: the solution lies far above your head, in the upper atmosphere ...