A strong, stable vortex is like a skater spinning with their arms tucked closely in, holding in an area of cold air over the Arctic. But when there’s a wobble in the rotation, winds in the vortex can ...

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“If the polar vortex is left alone ... warming rate picked up steam—and he believes they are linked to the way melting ice is shaping the atmosphere. “In this period of Arctic change ...

This blast of cold weather is due to activity of the polar vortex.

January 19: Arctic Blast and Polar Vortex Threaten Eastern and North-Central U.S. A massive Arctic cold blast is set to envelop the Eastern and North-Central United States on January 19, ...

The system, known as a polar vortex, is forecast to bring subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the South. And it looks as if we may get more arctic blasts in the coming ...

"There are many things that can change the strength of the polar vortex," Butler says. Sea ice is one of them – some models suggest melting sea ice may have a weakening effect on the vortex.

Above: A Von Karman vortex street downwind of the Canary Island chain in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa on Feb. 27, 2015. Image credit: NASA Worldview. Editor's note ...

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A lobe of the polar vortex will arrive in the United States this weekend, bringing the lowest temperatures in years and snow and ice to the East and Deep South.