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How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S.
How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the polar regions—here’s how it works By Meghan Bartels edited by Andrea Thompson A woman walks on a pedestrian bridge with her face covered to protect from the cold on January 31, 2019,…
Weather tracker: the polar vortex disturbance behind Storm Blair
The winter storm has brought significant snow, dangerous ice storms and freezing rain across North America A bitterly cold Arctic airmass, which has gathered across Canada in the past week, has spread southwards into the US over the weekend. Having already allowed temperatures to fall as low as -40C in northern Canada, this cold airmass…
Polar vortex expected to bring snow, ice and brutal cold to most of US
Starting Saturday, millions of people are going to be hit by moderate to heavy snow from Kansas City to Washington – including a high chance of at least 8in (20cm) of snow between central Kansas and Indiana – the National Weather Service warned Friday. As the storm moves out on Monday, hundreds of millions of…