When parts of the vortex break down, lobes of Arctic air can drift south, guided by changes in the jet stream. This allows ...

You've likely heard the term "polar vortex" virtually every winter since it first entered into popular culture during a bitterly cold January a decade ago. The polar vortex is a whirling cone of low ...

As Canadians, we are very familiar with the term ‘polar vortex.’ We are also familiar with its effects on Canadian weather when it ‘acts up.’ While the polar vortex is a year-round phenomenon, we tend ...

The Polar vortex is causing temperatures to plummet dangerously across the Philadelphia region, and frostbite could become a ...

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

A strong polar vortex doesn't cause cold weather — it does the opposite. Here's what to know about polar vortices, how they work.

It's a term you hear every couple of winters, when we get stuck in the coldest of cold patterns – polar vortex. But what exactly is it and how does it impact our weather? The polar vortex is like a ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Over the past week, viewers have been coming to the ABC13 Weather Team with questions about a possible arctic blast later this month. Those rumors came from a weather blog in ...

High above the North Pole, in a slice of atmosphere rarely noticed and even less understood, a transformation is underway. Over the next 10 days, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather ...