A strong, stable vortex is like a skater spinning with their arms tucked closely in, holding in an area of cold air over the Arctic. But when there’s a wobble in the rotation, winds in the vortex can ...

The vortex is essentially an area of low pressure in the upper layers of the atmosphere over the polar region up north. This ...

Forecasters warn that a split polar vortex is set to bring a 'large supply of cold air' to North America in mid-February as a ...

A rare "daughter polar vortex" is set to plunge millions of Americans into freezing temperatures as a prolonged period of ...

A 'polar vortex split' could be about to dump 11 inches of snow on the UK thanks to cold air descending rapidly and causing wintry havoc. The country has recently felt the brunt of storms Eowyn ...

Are we in for an early spring or six more weeks of winter? We’ll soon be inundated with a variety of predictions based on whether your local groundhog (or lobster) sees its shadow. Remember, groundhog ...

Despite Scotland getting battered in January, it seems there will be no let up from the wild winter weather in February with a "Polar Vortex" on the horizon, according to forecasters. It will ...

The polar vortex is expected to remain on the Canadian side of the North Pole, which will keep an abundant supply of Arctic air readily available to fight back at times against the milder pattern. The ...

The polar vortex takes up a lot of real estate in the next layer above where weather occurs, the stratosphere. The lower vortex has been fluctuating between strong and weaker than average the entire ...

Significant ice and snow will fall across northern states on Wednesday, Thursday and over the weekend as a busy weather ...