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Obviously this isn't the first polar vortex episode of the winter, but it looks to be the most severe." FILE - A person walks along the shore of ice covered Lake Michigan, Feb. 13, 2025, in Chicago.
But in the years between 1998 and 2015, they jumped to an average of 7 days. While weak vortexes became more frequent, strong vortex events dropped from 12 to just 6 days over the same time frame.
A new study challenges the idea that climate change is behind the erratic wintertime behavior of the polar jet stream, the ...
The United States is experiencing its first significant heat ... (The changing jet stream is also impacting our winters, setting the stage for severe weather storms and polar vortexes.) Many regions ...
Climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years and ...
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Has It Rained Every Weekend?
Jesse Stacken, a weather monitor who is part of the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRaHS), has recorded rainfall at his Beacon home 31 out of 50 days since the beginning of May.
And that’s also why forecasts recently adjusted to account for the polar vortex disruption show the northeastern and midwestern U.S. could feel more extreme winter weather in the coming weeks.
Much of the U.S. is being blasted by ice, snow and wind, as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend is maintaining its frigid grip.
Her cross-country adventures prove that cats, dogs, and birds alike can enjoy life on the road if you know how to keep them ...