The polar vortex is a “constant feature” that begins to develop sometime in September and persists through sometime in spring ...

The way the vortex captures the cold is similar to a person cleaning a swimming pool by creating a whirlpool to cluster dirt in the center. If a vortex is strong, then cold weather is better contained ...

That’s because the polar vortex doesn’t cause US cold air outbreaks but instead amplifies them, Jennifer Francis, a senior scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center said. The polar ...

Meteorologists had predicted that parts of the U.S. would experience the 10th and coldest polar vortex event this season.

The cause of the week-long deep freeze? A polar vortex collapse. Now, meteorologists are calling for another collapse in the middle of March, one that could plunge the U.S., Canada, and parts of ...

Meteorologists are going to want to study why this stretching is happening so often this year, but it could just be natural randomness, said Laura Ciasto, a meteorologist at NOAA’s Climate Prediction ...

FOX Forecast Center / FOX Weather The polar vortex has returned to the U.S., and frostbite-inducing temperatures are blasting millions of Americans. According to the FOX Forecast Center ...

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Meteorologists are forecasting a final Polar Vortex collapse for mid-March, with experts even expecting to impact to be more ...

The February polar vortex collapse already brought about a severe wave of winter storms and cold temperatures. Also read | ...

a meteorologist at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center who specializes in the polar vortex. “What we’re observing right now is interesting, but not unprecedented,” said Martin Stendel ...