The polar vortex: What to know about the weather feature responsible for the arctic blast
The vortex is essentially an area of low pressure in the upper layers of the atmosphere over the polar region. This vortex consists of powerful westerly winds in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles about the North Pole, according to Climate.gov.
Temperatures plunged into the teens and single digits in some spots, and the snow-dusted winds are driving the wind chill ...
The next round of bitter cold was set to envelop the southern U.S. on Tuesday, after the first significant winter storm of ...
It's a term you hear every couple of winters, when we get stuck in the coldest of cold patterns – polar vortex. But what exactly is it?
The United States continued to freeze through a polar vortex that brought rare cold to the southern United States and chances ...
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A major winter blast is stirring up dangerous conditions across the U.S. central and southern states all the way to the East ...
A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend ...
The National Weather Service has advised the public to check the forecast for their area on weather.gov to ensure they are ...
As overnight temperatures dip into the teens and 20s this week, Gov. Dan McKee’s administration on Monday night opened two ...
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