A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies in its frigid grip, making many roads treacherous,

That system is expected to push northeastward by Friday with a mix of heavy snow and freezing rain forecast from southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas all the way to the Virginia and North ...

A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south ... with districts in Indiana, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas canceling ...

(AP) — The plunging polar vortex ... Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois and Missouri, according to the tracking website PowerOutage.us. In Virginia’s capital, Richmond, a weather ...

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Mostly clear. The chance of a thunderstorm in the north early this evening. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Sun protection recommended from 8:30 am to 4:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme ...

A blast of Arctic air is set to cover much of the United States with temperatures below freezing starting on Friday and into next week, impacting millions of Americans in nearly all of the contiguous states.

As more Arctic air masses flow into the WOWK-TV region, you have undoubtedly heard the term “Polar Vortex” brought up in the conversation. But what is it? Definition:

The polar vortex is a ring of cold air that typically circles the Arctic. A strong jet stream essentially acts like a fence, keeping it locked there. If there's any weakening in the jet stream (the fence), the frigid air can become unstable and spill out. This sends the normally trapped cold air much farther south.

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 ...