The polar vortex rages in the arctic during the winter, producing winds up to 150 miles per hour. But when that vortex weakens, arctic air escapes to more southerly latitudes, which creates ...

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists. Powerful winter ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Arctic blast arrived in central Ohio on Monday, bringing with it the coldest air that central Ohio has felt in more than two years. The 10 Weather Impact Team has issued 10TV ...

This swirling mass of air above the Arctic can grow and bend, pushing blasts of frigid air south. Sea smoke, the result of extremely cold air blowing over warmer water, rises from Lake Michigan in ...