And when that happens, people colloquially call it a polar vortex,” Kimbell said ... Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — will be simultaneously visible in the night sky.

After a winter storm this weekend, the polar vortex will return, bringing subzero temperatures to around 80 million people ...

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 ...

Meteorologists warn that the coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy and prolonged exclamation point ...

According to the Severe Weather Europe website—an online resource of global weather forecasts—a mass of cold air, spurred by the polar vortex, has been forecast to move over Canada and the northern ...

The polar vortex hasn’t just been discovered; it has been around for as long as Earth has had an atmosphere. It’s a cold, swirling whirlpool of low pressure surrounding both o ...

I also want to thank my furnace and HVAC guy too, as we flirt with another polar vortex the first half of next week — nearly as cold as it was in mid-January. Temperatures may stay below zero from ...

two bands of fast-moving air – the polar jet stream and the stratospheric polar vortex – sometimes tango together to influence weather in the northern hemisphere. As the Arctic continues ...

It’s cold, it’s icy and it’s dreaded by Canadians across the country. It’s the polar vortex. Weather specialist Riley Laychuk breaks down what the polar vortex is and why it might not be as scary as ...

But during the winter, it is joined by a second atmospheric phenomenon dubbed the polar vortex. This swirl of frigid air, located more than 10 miles above Earth’s surface, strengthens each year ...