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 ...

ATLANTA — December 1 is the first day of meteorological winter, and right on cue extreme cold and a powerful winter storm are ...

Freezing air, constricted blood vessels, and the sudden strain of lifting heavy, wet snow can seriously increase your heart ...

Louisiana's agriculture commissioner told growers not to burn their fields while daily dense fog advisories remain in place.

Believe it or not, how much snow we see this winter or how much those thermometers drop in January is controlled, in part, by ocean water temperatures thousands of miles away. The Pacific Ocean along ...

Now is a good time to brush up on the essential winter weather terms and definitions so you can react quickly, plan ahead and ...

This extreme difference in snow amounts happens because lake effect snow bands are very narrow, often only 5 to 10 miles wide, over a small area. The orientation of the wind deter ...

ATLANTA — Get ready for another light show Wednesday night. About two dozen states are forecast to see the aurora borealis, more commonly known as the northern lights. Two coronal mass ejections have ...

DENVER — While most public-facing National Weather Service operations and federal weather forecasting will continue through the federal government shutdown that started Wednesday, there will be some ...

ATLANTA — While it’s not quite sweater weather across much of the country, winter is right around the corner, and it could be a cold and stormy season, according to AccuWeather. “It looks to be an ...

CLEVELAND — Hundreds of years ago, fishermen casting their nets off the coast of Peru and Ecuador noticed something unusual. Every few years, the ocean water in their usually productive fishing ...

Record numbers of Americans will travel for Thanksgiving, but storm systems might cause disruptions. ATLANTA — Millions are ...