This blast of cold weather is due to activity of the polar vortex.
These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream – the familiar jet stream of winter that runs along the boundary ...
A polar vortex is going to bring very cold air to much of southern Ontario, including Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington ...
People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, ...
People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, ...
Models aren’t clear on whether climate change is making polar vortex disruptions more common. Cohen notes that cold extremes have become more frequent since 2000, when the Arctic’s warming ...
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.
Some researchers do believe there is a connection between climate change and the impact to the Arctic and polar vortex activity, but for others this is still an active area of investigation.