Forecasters have warned that a rare weather event in the form of a polar vortex will bring snow and ice to millions as it ...

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

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...

With last week's freeze being the second time temperatures dipped below freezing this winter, many are wondering if this ...

The upcoming midweek storm is one of several systems that promises to bring precipitation and eventually the month's coldest ...

The long-range data shows we may be done with a true Arctic air mass similar to what we experienced in January. But we ...

The weather flow is gradually changing now and as we head into early February. Our storm systems will come from the west and ...

Metro Vancouverites may face unseasonably cold weather as February continues thanks to the stratospheric polar vortex.

Europe may be in for another cold blast like the one that surprised forecasters and sent gas prices soaring last week, with the potential weakening of winds that keep frigid air confined to the Arctic ...

Newer studies also back up the idea that warming of the Arctic and the oceans may be encouraging weather patterns that allow polar air to spill southward for longer, more stubborn stretches of cold.