1 day ago · As U.S. shivered through polar vortex, one state was unusually warm Jan. 29, 2025 Updated Wed., Jan. 29, 2025 at 8:46 p.m. Anchorage has had a higher average temperature …

1 day ago · A strong polar vortex - and one that stays swirling tightly above the pole - depends on a dramatic contrast between frigid polar temperatures and milder conditions across midlatitudes.

1 day ago · The polar vortex during the middle of January 2024 (and much of the 2023-2024 winter season) was often in a weakened and disrupted state. The main west-to-east winds that …

Jan 8, 2025 · Viewers are sending in amazing photos capturing the celestial event. A landslide in Ketchikan Sunday night forced the closure of a two-lane road on the outskirts of the Southeast …

6 days ago · The same polar vortex that is pushing Arctic air down across most of the lower 48 is, on the other side, dragging warm, wet Pacific air up over south-central Alaska. Farther north, …

Dec 5, 2023 · We plan to explore various facets of the winds, climate, and chemistry within the fascinating region of the atmosphere known as the polar stratosphere, and explain how this …

Jan 16, 2025 · The polar vortex strength, as measured by the speed of the winds around the 60N latitude circle and 10 hPa pressure level, remains stronger than average, and is currently …

Jan 30, 2014 · It’s been an extremely cold winter so far in New Jersey – often colder, in fact, than it has been in Anchorage, Alaska. In California, the governor has declared a drought …

Jan 7, 2025 · — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies …

Dec 11, 2021 · Historically frigid weather, tens of degrees below zero, has invaded northeast Russia, Scandinavia, Alaska and northern Canada in recent weeks. The cold is related to an …