ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The buzzword made famous from an arctic blast in 2015 is making a comeback. The polar vortex, a rotating bubble of cold air around the North Pole, is about to break off and ...
Michigan is experiencing frigid temperatures and heavy snow due to a dip in the jet stream, not the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a large-scale cyclone of cold air that typically stays far north ...
When the polar vortex stumbles, the weather at ground level can pivot from mild to brutal in a matter of days. A circulation that usually spins quietly above the pole can suddenly send lobes of Arctic ...