Expert are warning of a polar vortex collapse in the next couple of weeks, plunging North America into freezing temperatures. The weather phenomenon will hit in mid-March and will affect the ...

The mass of extremely warm air threw the freezing polar vortex out of balance, shoving it off its North Pole axis so forcefully that it in effect split in two, as if growing a pair of legs: one ...

According to Severe Weather Europe, an online resource of global weather forecasts, pressure changes over North America, combined with shifts in the polar vortex, will establish a weather pattern ...

The polar vortex collapse will be the second in 2025, after a collapse last month caused deep freezes and travel havoc in North America. Snow, storms, and sub-zero temperatures impacted millions ...

That uncertainty means it’s also unclear whether polar vortex stretching actually leads to, or is just a result of, the tropospheric conditions that drive cold air outbreaks over North America.

When the vortex weakens—which it does on occasion—the jet stream becomes wavy, bulging south and allowing Arctic air to flow down across North America and Eurasia, causing temperatures to ...

A map showing a Polar Vortex that could effect eastern North America in February. X/Judah Cohen “For the first half of January, that polar vortex kind of stumbled and fell foul there, moved south.

Polar vortex blasts North America and Europe with snow. By Brian Witte and Patrick Whittle. January 6, 2025 — 10.46am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later.

A polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that surrounds both of Earth's poles. The vortex at the North Pole expands in winter, sending cold air south.

When the polar vortex is strong, cold air is less likely to plunge deep into North America or Europe. Picture this strong vortex fencing off the coldest air from the U.S. and Europe.

A deadly polar vortex is hitting the US. ... which shines a light on the American women fighting for ... bringing unusually cold weather south and permitting warmer weather to creep up north.