Like much of the U.S., Wisconsinites woke up Tuesday morning to bitter cold conditions. Many schools and colleges throughout the Milwaukee area closed as the area braced for the dangerous freezing ...
This blast of frozen temperatures is tied to a polar vortex... but what is that? Air spins around the notoriously cold North and South Poles. When the air is spinning fast, it's stable, but when it is ...
Answers as to why these strange temperatures and weather events are prevalent may be found in the polarvortex. The polarvortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both ...
Most of the US will enjoy milder temperatures on Thursday, but the warmup will be brief as a polarvortex will send temperatures tumbling below freezing for most of the nation starting this ...
This will be due to a polarvortex, an area of strong winds that encircle the Arctic and typically keeps the coldest air locked near the Pole, according to the FOX Forecast Center. This weekend ...
The coldest weather of the season to date will be due to a phenomenon called a polarvortex, an upper-level jet stream that typically circulates around both the North and South Poles, but can push ...