A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation ...

Several days with temperatures of 10-20 degrees below the historical average could be dangerous to plants and ruin outdoor ...

A "major disruption" has recently rocked the Arctic polar vortex, causing it to weaken and reverse direction from ...

April 5, 2025 - By Laura Ciasto and Amy Butler - After spending much of the season with super strong wind speeds, the polar ...

The decision by the Trump administration to defer maintenance of the Joint Polar Satellite System threatens to degrade the ...

When the polar vortex collapsed in the middle of March, the planet's weather patterns were redrawn. That could mean snow for ...

The coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy exclamation point on America’s winter of repeated polar vortex invasions, meteorologists warn. And it will stay frozen there ...

The polar vortex could be reversing in a sudden stratospheric warming event, with the potential to send Arctic air and storms to the central and eastern U.S.

A polar vortex collapse is expected over the next two weeks, causing extreme winter weather and travel disruption across North America. The weather phenomenon is expected to develop in mid-March ...

The reversed polar vortex has simply "moved off the pole, meandering around over Northern Europe," officials wrote. NOAA's latest forecasts suggest the polar vortex is unlikely to wander back to ...