It’s a pattern responsible for holding back the coldest temperatures on the planet. The lowest readings ever recorded in Canada and around the northern hemisphere occurred when this Arctic feature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The polar vortex collapse forecast brings the return of winter the Northeast, with brutal cold air returning to New Jersey amid a ...

A potentially major snow storm this weekend could give way to a blast of Arctic air for the second consecutive week. The next polar vortex impact is expected to follow a storm that could dump 6 inches ...

A cold front will bring plunging temperatures and snow to the Northeast this week. Polar vortex disruptions, caused by Sudden Stratospheric Warming, drive extreme cold southward. Officials advise ...

Our first true shot of winter arrives late Sunday and spills into the first half of next week. I’m not talking about snow. Instead, a shot of Arctic air will plunge south into the United States from ...

Early forecasts suggest a Super El Niño may disrupt the Polar Vortex. This disruption could bring colder and snowier ...

As one blast of Arctic air pushes out to sea, already a new surge of cold air, driven by a breakdown of the polar vortex, is likely to expand from central Canada and through the midwestern and eastern ...

It seems like you cannot mention cold weather in the fall and winter without coming across the phrase “polar vortex.” Meteorologists often refer to this weather element as a potential culprit behind ...

A wide swath of the western U.S. may be in for below-average temperatures as forecasts suggest an Arctic blast is looming. Reading time 3 minutes Much of the contiguous U.S. could be in for a very ...

Michigan is experiencing frigid temperatures and heavy snow due to a dip in the jet stream, not the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a large-scale cyclone of cold air that typically stays far north ...