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

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 ...

The big winter weather challenge has now come and gone in the form of last week’s polar vortex. The Eastern railroads got ...

A polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air which spins over the North and South poles, according to a definition by the NWS. While the vortex is always present near the poles ...

The polar vortex is a long-established weather term, but as it has become mainstream, the public's understanding of it is somewhat different than its actual definition. The polar vortex is a large ...

Definition: The polar vortex is a flow of wind aloft that is always present above the cold, North and South Pole areas. In the Northern Hemisphere […] WOWK Charleston ...

Abnormal weather events and severe winter storms could be caused by a disrupted polar vortex. Find out here how the polar vortex affects the weather.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies ...