Colorado, polar vortex

Everything you need to know about the polar vortex bringing extreme cold to Colorado
Are you ready for the coming arctic storm? Here’s the latest Colorado weather forecast and everything else you need to know ahead of extreme cold.
Polar vortex in Colorado: Tracking more snow, even colder temps
More extremely cold temperatures and wind chills are still to come. Another wave of snow comes late Sunday.
More frigid cold is coming, as lobe of polar vortex dips into U.S.
The most unusually cold air in the Northern Hemisphere will be over the United States early next week, bringing dangerously frigid conditions.
Map Shows Coldest Places in US as Polar Vortex Descends
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 powerful Polar Vortex in the stratosphere brings frigid temperatures to US
The freezing temperatures will move eastward, reaching locations like Philadelphia, where daytime highs will only reach the upper teens. The polar vortex is a gigantic circular upper-air weather pattern in the Arctic that envelops the North Pole.
Is New York in a polar vortex?
Arctic air has brought chilling temperatures as low as 12 degrees in New York City on Monday night but are we in a polar vortex? A polar vortex settled its way over New York City and New Jersey following Sunday’s snow storm,
The science behind the polar vortex
Meteorologist Travis Clark-Smith dives into what caused our recent cold snap.
What is a polar vortex?
This blast of frozen temperatures is tied to a polar vortex... but what is that? Air spins around the notoriously cold North and South Poles. When the air is spinning fast, it's stable, but when it is weakest,
Hospitals pause services amid polar vortex
Extreme cold weather forces hospitals to reduce services, including elective surgeries, as polar vortex hits U.S. and disrupts healthcare operations.
2 places in Colorado got below -40
Here are the lowest temperatures across Colorado on Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
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With a final sub-zero blast, polar vortex on its way out of Colorado
Still, several Colorado school districts will start late on Tuesday as the state waits out the last of subzero temperatures.
More than 500 flights delayed, canceled at DIA as polar vortex freezes Colorado
More than 500 flights were delayed or canceled at Denver International Airport on Monday as a polar vortex continued to ...
Fort Collins Coloradoan5d
Colorado will be bitter cold but a polar vortex it is not
Colorado will see its coldest temperatures of the winter as a mass of cold air descends on the state from the Artic. But despite the bitter cold, this weather event is not a polar vortex.
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Polar vortex to blast 12-24 inches of snow across Colorado's mountains over MLK weekend
The Arctic air mass will be in Colorado Friday afternoon, but the effects of the polar vortex won't be fully felt until after the sun goes down. Snow will come into the state's high country in ...
How cold was it in Colorado on Tuesday morning?
Here are the lowest temperatures across Colorado on Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
‘Once in a lifetime’ snow hits parts of the U.S. South
A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven't seen ...
How cold was it? Fraser's minus 44 night beats Minnesota for coldest in nation
The town of 1,400 hardy souls takes pride in the fact that because of its inversion at the base of two mountain ranges, it's ...