This polar vortex, which could even impact Europe, isn’t expected to just come and go. A deep freeze could extend through the end of February in the US.

Polar vortex is not a synonym for “cold snap,” according to the Polar Vortex Blog at Climate.gov, and it’s not the only weather pattern to blame for blasts of cold air.

These polar vortex stretches are happening more frequently as the world — and especially the Arctic — warms, a 2021 paper published in the journal Science, also co-authored by Cohen, demonstrated.

Chain reaction could unleash cold polar vortex across United States through April Don't put away those coats just yet, weather forecasters tell North Americans By Brian Lada, Accuweather.com ...

The polar vortex hit its peak across much of America on Wednesday, with an icy grip that made Arctic Greenland seem like a toasty vacation spot in comparison. At 34 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree ...

These polar vortex stretches are happening more frequently as the world — and especially the Arctic — warms, a 2021 paper published in the journal Science, also co-authored by Cohen, demonstrated.

"The large polar vortex disruption from the second week of March is playing a key role in next week’s eastern US cold snap," meteorologist Judah Cohen of Atmospheric and Environmental Research ...

The Arctic polar vortex, as described by the National Weather Service (NWS), is a strong band of west-to-east winds that forms in the stratosphere, 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole, during winter.

In A Nutshell A major study of 42 years of data shows severe winter storms have shifted northwest, away from the traditional snow belt. This shift is linked to changes in the polar vortex, which ...

The polar vortex has taken on an unexpected pattern this winter — one that’s made part of the United States the most unusually cold place on the planet, at least so far this year.

The polar vortex has been known about and studied by the meteorological community for decades. It is an almost always present upper-level circulation that hangs out most of the of time around both ...