It's a term you hear every couple of winters, when we get stuck in the coldest of cold patterns – polar vortex. But what exactly is it and how does it impact our weather? The polar vortex is ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies ...
The extreme weather has been caused by the expansion of the polar vortex southwards. The polar vortex is a large area of low-pressure and cold air that swirls like a wheel around both of the Earth’s ...