Polar vortex maps show where arctic blast is set to freeze the U.S.
2 days ago · A polar vortex dipping down from Siberia will bring a cold front with frigid temperatures to nearly 300 million Americans. ... Washington, D.C., will have below-freezing temperatures for ...
A polar vortex is descending on the U.S. What does that mean?
1 day ago · A polar vortex is descending on the U.S. What does that mean? ... On Monday, the coldest air of the season flies into Washington, D.C., for President Donald Trump's second swearing-in.
Polar vortex 2025: Where is it going to snow in the US? - USA …
1 day ago · A polar vortex is forecasted to blanket most of the continental United States in the coming week, with parts of the Deep South expected to see freezing temperatures. Nearly 300 million Americans ...
Polar vortex set to envelop much of US in freezing temperatures
1 day ago · The coldest weather of the season to date will be due to a phenomenon called a polar vortex, ... Temperatures are forecast to be only as high as 23 degrees on Monday in Washington, D.C., with wind ...
About 120 million people could experience subzero ... - The Washington …
1 day ago · The polar vortex, a ring of frigid air typically located near the North Pole, will become stretched and displaced through early next week, carving a path across the central and eastern United States.
Polar vortex cold on the way to DC | wusa9.com
23 hours ago · WASHINGTON — Get ready for extreme cold weather to grip on D.C. and most of the U.S. The polar vortex is shifting, spilling cold air across the U.S. with below freezing temperatures and subzero ...
The polar vortex will soon hit the U.S. See how cold it’ll get where ...
3 days ago · The polar vortex will soon hit the U.S. See how cold it’ll get where you live. This will spell dangerously cold temperatures — as cold as minus-20 to minus-30 in some states — and the ...
A double dose of nasty winter is about to smack much of the US …
Jan 3, 2025 · The polar vortex, ultra-cold air spinning like a top 15 to 30 miles high, usually stays penned up above the North Pole. But sometimes it escapes or stretches down to the United States, Europe or Asia. And that’s when large numbers of people get intense doses of cold.
The polar vortex is acting up - NOAA Climate.gov
Jan 16, 2024 · The latest forecast says a major disruption of the polar vortex is on its way, but the stratosphere has been acting up for a while. Our bloggers explain what it might mean for U.S. weather.
NOAA Satellites Capture the Chilling Impact of Polar Vortex
Jan 10, 2025 · The polar vortex is a stream of cold air that normally circles the Arctic. Normally contained by a strong jet stream, this ring of frigid arctic air can become unstable when the jet stream weakens, allowing it to spill southward.