As U.S. shivered through polar vortex, one state was unusually warm
Ranked dead last, or perhaps not mentioned at all, would probably be the only state that sits partly within the Arctic Circle ...
The Advocate10d
Why are we seeing heavy snow in south Louisiana? It's about timing and the 'polar vortex.'
The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air ...
WWNO7d
New Orleans' record snow was fueled by the polar vortex. Did climate change play a role?
Anytime we get an Arctic air blast down this far south, this is an artifact of the polar vortex rearing its ugly head,” said ...
Why Is It So Cold in the South If the Planet Is Warming? Here’s What We Know.
A mass of air called the polar vortex has escaped the Arctic and plunged southward. Some scientists see the fingerprints of ...
Polar vortex maps show where arctic blast is set to freeze the U.S. as far as the Deep South
A polar vortex dipping down from Siberia is bringing a cold front with frigid temperatures to millions Americans. See maps of ...
What do warm Gulf temps have to do with the snow in Louisiana? Might be more than you think.
Warmer-than-normal temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico did not cause the record-setting snowfall, but the conditions may have ...
Louisiana Map Shows Snow Severity from Winter Storm
The LDH reported one winter weather-related death in the state this year—a 65-year-old man in Rapides Parish who died due to ...
‘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 ...
Louisiana just got its first-ever blizzard warning
Louisiana isn’t known for extreme cold weather—but that changed Tuesday, when the National Weather Service issued its ...
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The science behind Connecticut’s arctic blast: Polar vortex and radiational cooling
A blizzard warning was in effect for southern Louisiana, the furthest south such a warning has ever been posted. The cold blast was the result of a lobe of the dreaded polar vortex dropping ...
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What do warm Gulf temps have to do with the snow in Louisiana? Might be more than you think.
government offices and businesses was a result of an expansion in the polar vortex — likely the second-coldest air mass on record to hit South Louisiana, Grymes said — coincidentally meeting a ...