Late January and especially February may bring brutal winter weather and more winter storms to Maryland as the polar vortex moves south.

"Winter returned," declared Bob Oravec, lead forecaster at the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland. The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually stays penned up around the North Pole ...

The city skyline is seen in drifting snow during the polar vortex in Buffalo, New York, U.S., ... She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park and lives in Washington, DC.

“As we go through the next few days, we’re still going to be seeing those colder-than-normal temperatures,” said Peter Mullinax, a weather service meteorologist based in College Park, Maryland.

After a largely mild end to 2023, cold jet stream air from the polar vortex appears set to descend on parts of the U.S. later this week, adding to a chaotic January that saw reports of several deat… ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — 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 ...

After a largely mild end to 2023, cold jet stream air from the polar vortex appears set to descend on parts of the U.S. later this week, adding to a chaotic January that saw reports of several deat… ...