Winter in the CSRA is usually mild overall, but every now and then, we get a taste of true Arctic air. If you’ve ever ...
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 and how does it impact our weather? The polar vortex is ...
When the Polar Vortex is in a weakened state, a jet stream wobble sending polar air into the mid-latitudes becomes more ...
Definition: The polar vortex is a flow of wind aloft that is always present above the cold, North and South Pole areas. In the Northern Hemisphere […] WOWK Charleston ...
A polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air which spins over the North and South poles, according to a definition by the NWS. While the vortex is always present near the poles ...
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 big winter weather challenge has now come and gone in the form of last week’s polar vortex. The Eastern railroads got ...
A big reason is we have another lobe of the Polar Vortex that is going to shift south into far southern Canada. This lobe of ...
As we continue to warm moving into February, it appears latest trends suggest a classic "what goes up, must come down" type ...
When this stratospheric vortex becomes disrupted or stretched, it can distort the jet stream as well, pushing it southward in some areas and causing cold air outbreaks. The Arctic polar vortex is ...
Much of the country is in for widespread and dangerously cold temperatures beginning this weekend — and lasting through much of next week — as a lobe of the polar vortex over northern ...