You've likely heard the term "polar vortex" virtually every winter since it first entered into popular culture during a bitterly cold January a decade ago. The polar vortex is a whirling cone of low ...

It's a term you hear every couple of winters, when we get stuck in the coldest of cold patterns – polar vortex. But what exactly is it and how does it impact our weather? The polar vortex is like a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Warm Arctic waters and cold continental land are combining to stretch the dreaded polar vortex in a way that will send much of the United States a devastating dose of winter weather ...

It seems like you cannot mention cold weather in the fall and winter without coming across the phrase “polar vortex.” Meteorologists often refer to this weather element as a potential culprit behind ...