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 ...

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

The warm push would hold the polar vortex in check and keep the true Arctic air even farther north. We still have plenty of winter weather to go in Michigan. However, we probably won’t revisit ...

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 ...

BUT OVERALL THOUGH, AS WE LOOK AHEAD OR LOOK BACK IN THE PAST, FIRST TO SOME EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE MAIN PLUNGE FOR THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SINCE 1997.

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.