Snow season has gotten off to a fast start across swaths of the northern United States this year. Fueled in part by an unusually early disruption to the polar vortex — which is now easing — 18 states ...

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 ...

High above the North Pole, in a slice of atmosphere rarely noticed and even less understood, a transformation is underway. Over the next 10 days, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather ...

In an early sign of the winter weather that's coming, the dreaded polar vortex is making news yet again. The polar vortex is "ramping up from its summer slumber," said meteorologist Judah Cohen in an ...

The polar vortex is a large area of cold, spinning air that sits near the North Pole and exists year-round. When it weakens or shifts, Arctic air can spill south, increasing the risk of snow and ...

The Great Lakes and Northeast are bracing for another cold shot later this month — down to single digits in places — as a polar vortex split in the stratosphere nudges frigid Arctic air southward.

In yet another sign that winter weather is either here or will be soon, the dreaded polar vortex is making news yet again. Its potential arrival in the United States over the next few weeks is cause ...