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As ominous as the term polar vortex sounds, meteorologists say the phenomenon is not new, nor despite its sound does it refer to a cyclone of cold or a freakishly dangerous storm. "The term 'polar ...
The event occurred in early 2014 and was caused by a southward shift of the North Polar Vortex. Record-low temperatures also extended well into March. On January 2, an Arctic cold front initially associated with a nor'easter tracked across Canada and the United States, resulting in heavy snowfall in some areas. Temperatures fell to ...
Bitter cold early in 2018 sent AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures plummeting into extreme territory in the Midwest -- as low as minus 77 F. The term polar vortex became a household term after ...
AccuWeather forecasters break down the science behind the polar vortex and how it can influence the weather for locations thousands of miles away. ... the polar vortex is actually a completely ...
The Polar vortex is also thought to have had effects in Europe. For example, the 2013–14 United Kingdom winter floods were blamed on the Polar vortex bringing severe cold in the United States and Canada. [8] Similarly, the severe cold in the United Kingdom in the winters of 2009–10 and 2010–11 were also blamed on the Polar vortex. [9]
Starting in late December as a result of the southward shift of the polar vortex, extremely cold conditions froze the eastern United States in the last few days of 2017 as well as into the new year. Following a brief respite in mid-January, cold temperatures swung back into the eastern U.S. shortly afterwards.
Records are being shattered and communities are enduring the harshest cold in decades as the polar vortex tightens its grip on the midwestern United States.
The "polar vortex" that plunged Canada and the U.S. into historical cold last winter is said by researchers to have occurred because melting polar ice changes weather patterns, according to a ...