Polar Vortex Forecast

Polar vortex, cold and arctic blast

Polar vortex brings blast of cold air, early season lake effect snow. See maps.

A harsh drop in temperatures is being delivered to the eastern two thirds of the country thanks to a polar vortex dipping down from the Arctic. Record cold high temperatures on Monday and Tuesday are expected throughout the South and Southeast along the Gulf Coast states.

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Polar Vortex Watch: Upcoming Stratospheric Warming to Bring Cold Weather and Snow

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Polar vortex to bring 'shocking' arctic blast to Ohio this weekend. How cold will it get?

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First storm of the season wallops Lake and Porter counties with lake-effect snow

Northwest Indiana saw heavy snow and power outages in a lake-effect snowstorm that began Sunday and continued into Monday.

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Over a foot of snow piles up in the Great Lakes as Arctic blast spreads across much of the US

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Update: Lake effect snow warning active for Mercer and Venango counties until Tuesday afternoon

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Polar vortex to grip nearly two dozen states as temperatures plunge 20 degrees below normal

Meteorologists forecast an over 20-degree drop in temperature below normal across the Eastern United States, and freezing conditions reaching into the Deep South, and highs only in the 30s and 40s across northern and central Florida.

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How La Niña, Polar Vortex winds could fuel a fast-start to brutal winter for parts of the US

Next week's pre-winter arctic plunge might be a sign of things to come for the Eastern U.S., as several key weather patterns will converge to bring early bone-chilling cold and potentially more snowstorms to the region.

Polar vortex alert: Arctic air on the move to New England, Boston

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.

Utilities ETFs Could Power Up As Polar Vortex Threatens To Freeze The Grid

Utilities ETFs may heat up this winter as a potentially harsh season drives up energy demand and electricity prices across key global markets.

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Frosty, but no snowman: Polar vortex could mean temperatures in low 20s for Augusta area

The polar vortex is an area of low pressure, a wide expanse of swirling cold air that is parked in polar regions, according to NOAA.

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Polar vortex to bring unseasonable freeze to NYC as East Coast braces for early taste of winter

Next week’s pre-winter arctic plunge might be a sign of things to come for the Eastern U.S., as several key weather patterns will converge to bring early bone-chilling cold and potentially

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Winter preview: Looking ahead to how cold will it get next week

The Polar Vortex sits in the stratosphere, some 10 to 30 miles above the Earth's poles and intensifies during the winter, when a lack of sunlight cools the air at this height to below -70 degrees Celsius.