Metro Vancouverites may face unseasonably cold weather as February continues thanks to the stratospheric polar vortex.

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 recent research has linked these polar vortex stretching events to climate change. According to NOAA polar vortex expert Amy Butler, the hypothesis is “that melting Arctic sea ice [due to ...

It's like "bomb cyclone" or "firenado." It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the record-breaking blast of cold, snow and wintry conditions that reached all the way to the ...

According to the NWS, the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole, during the winter season. It is ...

says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) It is believed that climate change is impacting the polar vortex by causing frequent disruptions, which leads to extreme cold ...

says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Is climate change affecting the polar vortex? It is believed that climate change is impacting the polar vortex by causing frequent ...

[Image: NOAA] The January 2024 Arctic cold blast fit into this pattern, with the polar vortex stretched so far over the U.S. in the lower stratosphere that it had nearly split in two. There are ...