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This week, parts of the U.S. are experiencing the 10th and coldest polar vortex event this season. Weather forces in the Arctic are combining to push the chilly air into the U.S. and Europe. With record snow in New Orleans last month and drought and destructive wildfires in Southern California, this winter has not been normal.
Beginning Saturday, the polar vortex began to dip down into the northern tier of the U.S., dropping temperatures into the single digits. Wind chills dropped into the negative teens for that region.
Is the polar vortex coming? Looking ahead, much colder air is predicted to arrive in waves across the central, eastern and southern U.S. over the first week to 10 days of January.
A polar vortex is forecasted to blanket most of the continental United States in the coming week, with parts of the Deep South expected to see freezing temperatures.
With the exception of Hawaii, California and Florida, every U.S. state is forecast to experience windchills of 20 degrees or below sometime next week, the weather service said.
During the 2014 January polar vortex, more than 20 people across the country died from the cold as places like Georgia — which rarely see serious cold — dealt with lows under 10 degrees ...
Current projections suggest the polar vortex will last at least through the first week of January, with temperatures evening out by the second week of the month. People lined up down 6th avenue on ...
A blast of Arctic air is set to cover much of the United States with temperatures below freezing starting on Friday and into next week, impacting millions of Americans in nearly all of the ...