Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense ...

Scientists say a "swirling polar vortex" miles above the Earth caused three deadly storms in the UK and Ireland, which ...

FILE PHOTO: The city skyline is seen in drifting snow during the polar vortex in Buffalo, New York, US, January 2019. (REUTERS) A polar vortex collapse is expected to strike in mid-March ...

while a weak polar vortex leads to a weaker and wavier jet stream. The Met Office explains: “In a typical UK winter, the jet stream brings winds from the west, giving us our mild, damp climate.

Paul Pastelok, a senior meteorologist and lead long range forecaster for AccuWeather, told the Advance/SILive.com that the “strongest attack” on the polar vortex of the year (so far ...

Scientists have issued a warning to weather forecasters about a weather phenomenon that increases the risk of "damaging ...

Millions of Americans were hit with blustery blizzards last month when a polar vortex collapse ushered in below freezing temperatures across much of North America ...

A 'polar vortex collapse' is set to plunge the United States back into the frigid weather much of the country suffered through in February. This weather phenomenon is expected to bring more winter ...

The Met Office has issued a new statement on a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event caused by a polar vortex collapse.

While cold temperatures and snow are not at all unexpected in many parts of the world, they are quite rare in others. In ...

Several days into spring, wintry weather will linger as a cold air mass settles in.AccuWeather’s long-range experts say that ...