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 ...

Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, researchers found that two specific patterns in the polar vortex, a swirling ...

Most of the holidays may be over, but winter is sticking around — and it's bringing freezing weather to Texas next week. A polar vortex, a weather pattern similar to the historic winter storm that ...

The United States could be headed for some extreme weather this winter. That’s the early prediction from Severe Weather Europe, a website that tracks weather patterns around the globe. Three factors ...

January is shaping up to be the coldest in a decade as the polar vortex dips south across the eastern half of the United States — shocking a nation that has enjoyed an unusually balmy end of the year.

Back-to-back cold blasts will last throughout much of January. Multiple rounds of frigid, arctic air could sweep across the eastern half of U.S. in the coming weeks, ushering in an abnormally cold ...

The U.S. is set to feel the impacts of an Arctic polar vortex next week, meteorologists have warned, with sub-zero temperatures possible across much of the country. Meteorologists explained that polar ...

It’s really, really cold again — as the US shivers through at least the eighth blast of air from the Arctic this winter. Winter, which is warming faster than any other season for much of the US, seems ...

Summer may end on a cooler note for parts of the U.S., with meteorologists suggesting that a weakened polar vortex could usher in below-average temperatures as September begins. In contrast to earlier ...