Polar vortex triggers unusually cold winter. Story by WEAR First Warning Weather • 1d. A fter a brief warm up, we are once again facing a bitter cold weather pattern.

It’s really, really cold again – as the US shivers through at least the eighth blast of air from the Arctic this winter. Here’s why it keeps happening.

Very Cold Weather Is Coming. US About to Get 10th and Chilliest Polar Vortex This Winter The coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy exclamation point on America's winter ...

Cold outbreaks — including an episode in January 2014 that brought the coldest winter in the Midwest in decades — introduced much of the public to the polar vortex. The phrase refers to a ...

The extreme cold temperatures from a weakened polar vortex, although seasonal and cyclical in nature, are not an annual phenomenon. Indeed, the term polar vortex did not become a popular public ...

The cold is expected to persist throughout January. AP. While most polar vortex forecasts are often unpredictable, Fox Weather said this round of cold is different.

In the atmospheric layer above it, about 10 to 30 miles up, is the stratospheric polar vortex, where every winter a sunlight-starved Arctic spins up a mass of cold air that, ultimately, dissipates ...

Polar vortex triggers unusually cold winter. by WEAR First Warning Weather. Thu, February 20th 2025 at 5:22 PM. Updated Thu, February 20th 2025 at 5:23 PM. 4. VIEW ALL PHOTOS. thumbnail. TOPICS: ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you’ve been keeping a tab on winter forecasts, you’ve likely heard the term “polar vortex” and the potential impact it may have on the upcoming season. But ...

A polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that surrounds both of Earth's poles. The vortex at the North Pole expands in winter, sending cold air south.

It’s really, really cold again – as the US shivers through at least the eighth blast of air from the Arctic this winter. Here’s why it keeps happening.