According to the National Weather Service, a polar vortex will impact most of the country this weekend, here is what you need to know.

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 always present near the poles, though it weakens during summer and intensifies in winter.

A polar vortex is slated to sweep most of the continental US bringing winter storm warnings and a hazardous freeze to millions.

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 Gulf Coast this week.

A brutal polar vortex is set to bury the Big Apple in snow Sunday and then deliver deadly single-digit temperatures that will feel like 15 degrees below zero.

National Weather Service predictions have temperatures ... 30s and low 40s for some areas by the end of next week. The polar vortex is a gigantic, circular area of cold air high up in the ...

the polar vortex is still going to bring lower-than-normal temperatures to the Sunshine State. According to the National Weather Service in Tampa Bay, cooler than normal temperatures could be seen ...

A polar vortex is slated to sweep most of ... chills to parts of Midwest to the East Coast, according to the National Weather Service. After descending over the Rockies and Great Plains ...

Temperatures will reach the mid-40s throughout the weekend, with a forecast high of 59 degrees on Monday in Baltimore.

Scientists say a warming planet may have been responsible for a winter storm that dropped 10 inches of snow on Northwest Florida.

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around the poles, making winter weather more chaotic.

The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for Jan. 30, 2025 as of 11 a.m. Monday: RELATED: Everything you need to know about the polar vortex bringing extreme cold to Colorado 11-mile Canyon Re,