A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe. A major ...

Several days with temperatures of 10-20 degrees below the historical average could be dangerous to plants and ruin outdoor ...

Devastating winter storms that led to deaths and power outages across the UK and Ireland were driven by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, scientists have revealed.

A rare and abrupt disruption in the Arctic polar vortex is expected to impact spring temperatures across Europe and parts of ...

A significant disruption to the polar vortex over far Northern Canada will keep the pattern’s influence locked in our neck of ...

The Polar Vortex's collapse will cause a major Arctic blast from central Canada into the Northeast United States, even if a progressive and dynamic weather pattern will persist across North ...

When the polar vortex begins to wobble and allows arctic air to spill south into northern Illinois in January, we usually end ...

Scientists believe deadly Arctic winds were to blame for a series of savage storms that wreaked havoc in Britain over just a matter of days.

The polar vortex is a gigantic ... in the winter and usually tends to keep the coldest weather bottled up in the Arctic. Previously this winter: Icy air has descended on the US.