(AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped ... In Kentucky’s biggest city, Louisville, Hugh Ross used his shovel Monday ...

And if the polar vortex is to blame. First, a quick refresher on the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a region of very strong winds that form a circle around the North Pole. The vortex is located ...

But during the winter, it is joined by a second atmospheric phenomenon dubbed the polar vortex. This swirl of frigid air, located more than 10 miles above Earth’s surface, strengthens each year ...

One of the key players in these dramatic shifts is something called the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a massive area of cold air located high in the atmosphere, typically spinning over the ...

A lobe of the Polar Vortex is going to swing through Ontario just north of Michigan. The upper-air forecast gives us an easy look at this strong winter player. The general meaning of the Polar ...

This will be due to a polar vortex, 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 ...

At the same time we go into a touch milder southwest flow, the polar vortex will still be churning away over northeast Canada. I don’t expect a full onslaught of the polar vortex to shift south ...

The blast of cold that fueled record snowfall across Gulf Coast beaches last week was just the latest to transport frigid air that normally swirls above the North Pole to places much farther south ...

ELMIRA, N.Y.(WETM) – We start the following work week with a polar vortex. This will bring in unseasonably cold air to the region and wind chill temperatures back to the negatives. But what is a polar ...

A lobe of the polar vortex, a stormy ring that typically keeps the coldest air locked up near the North Pole, will dip southward into the United States this weekend into next week. Polar air ...

Answers as to why these strange temperatures and weather events are prevalent may be found in the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of ...