Weather analysts are divided over the polar vortex’s influence on weather and what that means for the rest of this year’s winter.

The term “polar vortex” usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region, enveloping ...

And in a desolate part of central South Dakota ... cold weather to places far away from the pole. In early 2025, the stratospheric polar vortex was mostly normal, strong and anchored from Siberia ...

A lobe of the polar vortex, a ring of freezing air typically found near the North Pole, will once again move ... from Montana to Maine and as far south as Oklahoma. About 20 states can expect ...

he term “polar vortex” usually refers ... coldest weather bottled up near the North Pole. But at times some of the vortex can break off or move south, bringing unusually cold weather south ...

Weather forces in the Arctic combine to push the chilly air that usually stays near the North Pole into ... large swaths of ...

Different weather forces in the Arctic are combining to push the chilly air that usually stays near the North Pole not just into ... different than when the polar vortex has sudden warming, weakens ...