Are we in for an early spring or six more weeks of winter? We’ll soon be inundated with a variety of predictions based on ...

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...

Understanding the Polar Vortex The polar vortex is like a massive whirlpool of frigid air moving around our planet's poles.

A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven’t seen before. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico was combining with a ...

A dangerous and potentially life-threatening stretch of cold weather has much of the U.S. on alert as a lobe of the polar vortex invades the nation and sends temperatures tumbling to levels not seen ...

According to the NWS, the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, ...

Residents across the country from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for dangerously low temperatures ...

Tens of millions of residents along the East Coast are bracing for several inches of snow Sunday followed by dangerously cold ...

You will hear the term "Polar Vortex" during the winter months, as this large area of cold air will stretch and expand ...

The cold will pose a danger to pipes, so be sure to cover exterior pipes, open cabinets with pipes so warm air can circulate, ...

These conditions are all thanks to a familiar sounding occurrence: the polar vortex, a large area of low pressure and cold air that surrounds the Earth's poles. The "vortex" is the counterclockwise ...

An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braces Wednesday for the possible arrival of freezing rain and snow.