Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...
It's like "bomb cyclone" or "firenado." It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the ...
A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the ...
How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the ...
The National Weather Service has advised the public to check the forecast for their area on weather.gov to ensure they are dressed appropriately. The agency said that while there is no cause to be ...
the chilly winds expand beyond its circular North Pole region and extend as far south as Florida. The rising warm air from the lower atmosphere weakens the polar vortex, allowing it to spread more ...
The polar vortex is like a giant, swirling pool of super-cold air in the upper atmosphere over the North Pole. Imagine it like ... air can spill out and slide south, making places like the United ...
Such plunges occur when the air currents that keep frigid air over the North Pole — the polar vortex — weaken, and the freezing arctic air slips south and pushes the vortex down with it.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole ...
During winter, the polar vortex at the North Pole expands, sending cold air southward ... that helps keep colder air north and warmer air south — traveling around Earth in a circular path.
Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...