Every year, weather enthusiasts eagerly watch and wait for signs that the polar vortex, a mass of cold air spinning around the Arctic, might meander south, sending cold and snow into the lower ...

Charlottesville and much of central Virginia were under an extreme heat warning Tuesday, with temperatures predicted to stay ...

Since the Ice Ages, the Polar Vortex has acted as a climatic gatekeeper. When breached, it unleashes freezing air into ...

A new study challenges the idea that climate change is behind the erratic wintertime behavior of the polar jet stream, the ...

A 2015 satellite photo captured a series of stunning "von Kármán vortices" swirling off Madeira and the Canary Islands. The ...

A massive heatwave has set record temperatures over the East Coast and parts of the Midwest, with Kansas hotter than the ...

Microwave satellite data are key to capturing major changes in a hurricane’s strength, such as when a storm undergoes rapid ...

A rapidly warming Arctic is driving long-lasting summer extremes, such as this month’s sweltering temperatures, new research ...

SC7 participants rafting a stretch of the famous Chattooga River during a previous year's expedition. The state’s Department ...

The SWPC forecasted minor G1-strength storming, which is capable of bringing the northern lights to the northern reaches of the Lower 48, to start around 8 a.m. EDT Wednesday and run through about 2 a ...