As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of Earth’s poles 10 to 30 miles above the surface. The term vortex is used to ...

And while the weather will remain relatively warm for the next week, a polar vortex collapse expected over the next two weeks may bring cold temperatures and even snow to Columbus. Here is what ...

There is a sudden warming about to happen high up in the atmosphere. This warming will affect the Polar Vortex. The Polar Vortex is a fast-spinning circular motion usually located about 50,000 ...

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 ...

An in-depth look at the forecasted polar vortex collapse and its potential effects on weather patterns across North America this March A polar vortex collapse can cause cold snaps, and one is ...

A polar vortex collapse is expected over the next two weeks, causing extreme winter weather and travel disruption across North America. The weather phenomenon is expected to develop in mid-March ...

A polar vortex collapse is set to send the mercury plunging as "extreme conditions" sweep across the US and Canada. The meteorological switch-up is set to develop by the middle of the month and ...

February 2022 was also characterized by an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex—a large spinning mass of cold air in ...

It's all part of a 'polar vortex collapse' meteorologists warned was coming, bringing wintry weather to much of the US just as spring was supposed to arrive. This unstable stream of air from the ...

That’s because local temperatures plunged during the third week of February 2025, shattering records across the plains, the Gulf of Mexico ... long deep freeze? A polar vortex collapse.

the Gulf of Mexico, and the East Coast. Baker, Mont., saw a low of -22°F, its coldest day since 2009. Bismarck, N.D., fell to -39°F, six degrees from its all-time coldest day. The cause of the ...