Utah's Bureau of Land Management released a video on Monday (July 14) which it said showed a fire vortex forming from the Deer Creek wildfire outside of La Sal in the western U.S. state.

There are more ways than we knew for the stratospheric polar vortex to get disrupted, shooting cold air southwards across ...

KERRVILLE, Texas—Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.

The polar vortex could bring a cold blast to millions across America in the second half of March, AccuWeather said in a media advisory sent to Rigzone recently. “AccuWeather long-range experts ...

Polar vortex could prime atmosphere for spring snowstorms With plenty of cold air in place, the colder pattern during the second half of March could set the stage for springtime snowstorms.

Weather analysts are divided over the polar vortex’s influence on weather and what that means for the rest of this year’s winter.

Because this is the Polar Vortex Blog, we would love to be able to tell you how the stratospheric polar vortex is doing super cool things that can explain how cold and snowy it’s been in many ...

The polar vortex is area of fast-moving winds well above the Earth’s surface and the jet stream that circle the Arctic during the Northern Hemisphere’s coldest months.

Winter, which is warming faster than any other season for much of the US, seems to be making a comeback for the first time in years; this January was the coldest in the Lower 48 since 1988.

The United States has been at the epicenter of the planet’s most unusually cold conditions early in 2025. The polar vortex is to blame.