Colorado will see its coldest temperatures of the winter as a mass of cold air descends on the state from the Artic. But despite the bitter cold, this weather event is not a polar vortex.

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A polar vortex will plunge Colorado into bitter, sub-zero cold this weekend and could bring up to 10 inches of snow in some parts of the Denver metro, National Weather Service meteorologists say.

Colorado will see its coldest temperatures of the winter as a mass of cold air descends on the state from the Artic. But despite the bitter cold, this weather event is not a polar vortex.

A polar vortex will plunge Colorado into bitter, sub-zero cold this weekend and could bring up to 10 inches of snow in some parts of the Denver metro, National Weather Service meteorologists say.

With a final sub-zero blast, polar vortex on its way out of Colorado. By Megan Verlee and Haylee May · Jan. 20, 2025, 5:19 pm. Share: Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite A snowy day over Federal Boulevard.

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For starters, the Arctic polar vortex is a band of strong westerly winds that form in the stratosphere between about 10 and 30 miles above the North Pole every winter.

These polar vortex stretches are happening more frequently as the world — and especially the Arctic — warms, a 2021 paper published in the journal Science, also co-authored by Cohen, demonstrated.