The polar vortex is a persistent area of low pressure dozens of miles above the earth's poles (both northern and southern). Because the vortex is so high up in the atmosphere, and because it's ...

Because this is the Polar Vortex Blog, we would love to be able to tell you how the stratospheric polar vortex is doing super cool things that can explain how cold and snowy it’s been in many ...

The polar vortex could bring a cold blast to millions across America in the second half of March, AccuWeather said in a media advisory sent to Rigzone recently. “AccuWeather long-range experts ...

The purpose is to see if the cold spell that send much of the U.S. shivering was due to the "polar vortex." NOAA concluded that there wasn't sufficient evidence to link this most recent cold blast ...

Paul Pastelok, a senior meteorologist and lead long range forecaster for AccuWeather, told the Advance/SILive.com that the “strongest attack” on the polar vortex of the year (so far ...

An extreme weather event known as a 'polar vortex collapse' is predicted to sweep North America over the next two weeks. Expected to develop in mid-March, parts of Canada and the United States are ...

This event could lead to the rapid weakening of the polar vortex, which is usually mentioned during severe weather spells. Article continues below Essentially, the polar vortex is a mass of ...

The Met Office says the UK is highly likely to see a polar vortex collapse in March - the weather phenomenon responsible for 2018’s ‘Beast from the East’. A sudden stratospheric warming (SSW ...

The SSW is linked to Polar Vortex Collapse - and is the rare system that was responsible for the Beast from the East in 2018. Seven years ago an SSW created weather that left the UK snowed in for ...