The term “polar vortex” might conjure images of mythical icy storms swirling through the North Pole but in reality it’s a ...

As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of ...

A polar vortex is a ‘large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of the Earth’s poles’ that ‘ALWAYS exists near ...

The polar vortex breakdown event is forecast to be more expansive than the tenth and coldest polar vortex that blasted across ...

Others argue it doesn’t paint a complete picture and further research is needed ... A few atmospheric factors — including the polar vortex — have come together to make the US the epicenter ...