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With the season’s start just weeks away, meteorologists see many of the same conditions that led to one of the warmest winters on record last year for the Northern Hemisphere. Winter is the most turbulent time of year for weather,
The term "polar vortex" might have recently picked up in popularity, but the natural weather phenomenon has always existed near the Arctic. Known as a large region of low pressure and rotating air that encircles Earth's poles, the polar vortex is expected ...
Our first true shot of winter arrives late Sunday and spills into the first half of next week. I’m not talking about snow. Instead, a shot of Arctic air will plunge south into the United States from Canada and migrate east over New England.
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Massachusetts weather: Exactly when brutal cold snap will send temperatures plummeting below freezing
Winter is upon us and the weather in Boston, Massachusetts, this week will be a stark reminder of that with tempeartures expected to drop below freezing
Bitingly cold Arctic air keeps pummeling the U.S. with ruthless cold snaps—despite warming winters nationwide. A study explains why: the solution lies far above your head, in the upper atmosphere where the polar vortex resides. Two recurring cycles ...
The polar vortex is beginning its seasonal strengthening, signaling a gradual shift toward cooler weather. Frost advisories were issued in parts of the Great Lakes region, New York, and New England as temperatures dropped. A strong polar vortex typically ...
In an early sign of the winter weather that's coming, the dreaded polar vortex is making news yet again. The polar vortex is "ramping up from its summer slumber," said meteorologist Judah Cohen in an Oct. 1 email to USA TODAY. The vortex is a gigantic ...