January has already been colder than average in most states east of the Rocky Mountains for the first time in two years — and now, more frigid air is coming. A lobe of the polar vortex, a stormy ...

For starters, the polar vortex is located 10 to 30 miles above the ground in the stratosphere, the layer above the troposphere (where we live and weather mainly occurs). The polar vortex forms in ...

as well as where we live. This year, the vortex’s behavior was atypical in this atmospheric layer. But it doesn’t always work this way. On other occasions, unusual polar vortex behavior first ...

Castro is a Newsweek Live Blog Editor based in New York ... before moving into the mid-Atlantic region on Monday, while a polar vortex may bring the coldest January the country has experienced ...

The deadly cold front was tied to a misshapen Arctic polar vortex. In the winter, this mass of air swirling above the North Pole can push deadly winter weather into southern latitudes. Photograph ...

This is where we live and where all weather happens, essentially. The layer above that is the stratosphere. For the purposes of this article, we're talking about the stratospheric polar vortex.

The FOX Forecast Center said a lobe of the polar vortex will dip to the south and ... That is especially true for those who live in parts of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, who ...

Data from a polar vortex splitting during 2002’s Southern Hemisphere sudden warming event helps expand models to accommodate ...

The vortex is located in the stratosphere, the layer above the troposphere (the troposphere is where we live and most weather occurs). In the winter, the polar vortex helps keep frigid ...

What to know if you live in Texas Polar vortex 2025 hits Texas as Winter Storm Blair A polar vortex has prompted a major winter storm across most of the country, pushing arctic air from Canada as ...

Arctic winds from a powerful polar vortex are sweeping across several states, bringing dangerously cold temperatures and ...