The Polar Vortex's collapse will cause a major Arctic blast from central Canada into the Northeast United States, even if a progressive and dynamic weather pattern will persist across North ...

The Polar Vortex in the upper atmosphere has disintegrated after the intense warming of the stratosphere in mid-March.

Studies show the fast-warming Arctic is partly to blame for the increasing frequency of the polar vortex extending its icy grip. School closings are expected to be widespread on Monday.

The Arctic polar vortex is a circle of strong, cold winds that picks up every winter over the North Pole. The vortex is always present, but it strengthens in the winter due to a redistribution of ...

Several days with temperatures of 10-20 degrees below the historical average could be dangerous to plants and ruin outdoor ...

Devastating winter storms that led to deaths and power outages across the UK and Ireland were driven by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, scientists have revealed. In ...

"The large polar vortex disruption ... coldest weather bottled up in the Arctic. Previously this winter: Icy air has descended on the US. Is the polar vortex to blame? However, a disruption ...

"The large polar vortex disruption from the ... tends to keep the coldest weather bottled up in the Arctic. However, a disruption in the vortex – known as "sudden stratospheric warming ...

DON’T MISS: This is what La Niña's demise could mean for Canada The polar vortex is an ever-present circulation of upper-level winds spiralling around the Arctic, strengthening in the winter ...

A series of savage storms that ripped through the UK, leaving four dead, homes flooded and a million homes without power, were made more likely by a "polar vortex", scientists have claimed.

show there was an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex (SPV) - a large spinning mass of cold air in the stratosphere around 15 miles above the Arctic - in February 2022. Scientists said the ...