(AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south ... with districts in Indiana, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas ...
That system is expected to push northeastward by Friday with a mix of heavy snow and freezing rain forecast from southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas all the way to the Virginia and North ...
As more Arctic air masses flow into the WOWK-TV region, you have undoubtedly heard the term “Polar Vortex” brought up in the ...
A blast of Arctic air is set to cover much of the United States with temperatures below freezing starting on Friday and into ...
The polar vortex is a ring of cold air that typically circles the Arctic. A strong jet stream essentially acts like a fence, ...
But during the winter, it is joined by a second atmospheric phenomenon dubbed the polar vortex. This swirl of frigid air, located more than 10 miles above Earth’s surface, strengthens each year ...
One of the key players in these dramatic shifts is something called the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a massive area of cold air located high in the atmosphere, typically spinning over the ...
These outbreaks can happen when the polar vortex is in a weaker state, allowing cold air that is normally confined to the north to break off and move further south. Some experts say this is ...