Anytime we get an Arctic air blast down this far south, this is an artifact of the polar vortex rearing its ugly head,” said ...

While jet streams are air patterns, the Gulf Stream is an ocean pattern that also has an impact on weather.

While Phil may see his shadow Sunday, forecasters haven't seen theirs. On average, February is Philly's snowiest month.

(AP Photo/Ashley Landis) A person walks to Jackson Square as snow falls in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) People walk in the French Quarter as ...

Warmer-than-normal temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico did not cause the record-setting snowfall, but the conditions may have been an ingredient to the unusual weather.

The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

A rare winter storm has turned the South into an unlikely winter wonderland this week, giving cities like New Orleans more ...

Abnormal weather events and severe winter storms could be caused by a disrupted polar vortex. Find out here how the polar vortex affects the weather.

The plunging polar vortex brought subfreezing temperatures Tuesday to some ... Brian Witte in Annapolis, Maryland, Julie Walker in New York; Joshua A. Bickel in Cincinnati; Jamie Stengle in Dallas; ...

A rare "daughter polar vortex" is set to plunge millions of Americans into freezing temperatures as a prolonged period of ...

Florida is officially out snowing several Canadian cities on a monthly level, too, beating out places like Toronto, Ont., and St. John's, Nfld., with their January monthly snow totals so far. As of ...