As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of Earth’s poles 10 to 30 miles above the surface. The term vortex is used to ...

The polar vortex could bring a cold blast to millions across America in ... which results in waves of frigid Arctic air being ushered southward across North America, Europe, and Asia, AccuWeather ...

Britain could be plunged into cold snap this month thanks to a blast of chilly Arctic air ... A spokesperson said: "The stratosphere polar vortex is now weakening rapidly. Over the last few ...

Devastating winter storms that led to deaths and power outages across the UK and Ireland were driven by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, scientists have revealed. In ...

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense ...

Icy winds from the Arctic are bringing yet another spell of freezing weather to Scotland due to a phenomenon known as a polar vortex collapse, which is keeping more spring weather at bay.

Scientists believe deadly Arctic winds were to blame for a series of savage storms that wreaked havoc in Britain over just a ...

Brits are set for a -5C Arctic blast with snow falling at two inches per hour due to a rare polar vortex. There is no end yet to the wintry weather as after a milder start to March the ...

The polar vortex is a large mass of cold air that ... Coulson says it’s possible that Ottawa will get the occasional blast of Arctic air before winter fully loosens its grip.

There is a sudden warming about to happen high up in the atmosphere. This warming will affect the Polar Vortex. The Polar Vortex is a fast-spinning circular motion usually located about 50,000 ...

Scotland could be in for another wintery blast as new weather maps ... which could lead to a "collapse of the polar vortex", a shift that might send Arctic air surging south, Express reports.

South of the Arctic’s polar vortex is the jet stream, a river of west to east air that flows five to nine miles above ground, and helps keep the pole’s cold air confined to the Arctic.