A major disruption to the Arctic polar vortex has bumped the ring of wind that circles the North Pole off its perch and towards Europe, a new animation shows. The migration could trigger colder ...

Continue reading The polar vortex is a low-pressure system of cold air that swirls above both of Earth’s poles. Over the North Pole, the wind flows counterclockwise in the stratosphere around 16 ...

A lobe of the polar vortex, a ring of freezing air typically found near the North Pole, will once again move into the central and eastern states this week, bringing some of the coldest air of the ...

The polar vortex is a counterclockwise spinning area near the top of the atmosphere and usually centered near the North Pole region. This fast spinning vortex is about 50,000 feet in the atmosphere.

On Wednesday, Chicago will be colder than parts of Antarctica, Alaska and the North Pole. The Windy City's "high" temperature on Wednesday should be around 10 below zero, while the overnight low ...

Much of the country will be hit with extreme low temperatures over the next week as a polar vortex sends cold air down from the North Pole. Real feel temperatures throughout the northeast ...

The polar vortex is like a giant, swirling pool of super-cold air in the upper atmosphere over the North Pole. Imagine it like a children's spinning top. When the top is spinning fast and steady ...

The polar vortex forms in the Arctic Circle in the winter months due to the lack of sunlight associated with the season. The division between frigid cold temperatures at the North Pole and warmer ...

The polar vortex spins anticlockwise around the North Pole with wind speeds of about 155mph (250km/h). There are two types of polar vortexes – tropospheric and stratospheric. The tropospheric ...

The polar vortex is a massive area of cold air located high in the atmosphere, typically spinning over the north pole. Imagine it as a giant, icy whirlpool far above the Earth, keeping frigid ...

Such plunges occur when the air currents that keep frigid air over the North Pole — the polar vortex — weaken, and the freezing arctic air slips south and pushes the vortex down with it.