Any sort of wind along with the bitter cold will make for frostbite in as little as 15 to 20 minutes in the incoming arctic cold. Our long-range forecast models are continuing to pump in wind chill temperatures between -15° and 0° consistently each morning Monday through Wednesday.

Much of the United States has been buried in a deep freeze. And Kentucky faces the brunt of a polar vortex that continues to pour down through the middle of the country. Thankfully, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company are ...

An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the possible arrival of freezing rain and snow even as some other parts of the U.S. hit by the plunging polar vortex this week began to shake off its icy effects.

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 in its frigid grip, making many roads treacherous,

A polar vortex has blanketed much of the US with ice, snow, and intense winds, stretching from the Rockies to Maine. This frigid dip has rendered roads dangerous, forced school shutdowns, and caused widespread blackouts across several states including Kentucky,

(AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that ... President Jimmy Carter. In Kentucky’s biggest city, Louisville, Hugh Ross used ...

As more Arctic air masses flow into the WOWK-TV region, you have undoubtedly heard the term “Polar Vortex” brought up in the conversation. But what is it? Definition:

But during the winter, it is joined by a second atmospheric phenomenon dubbed the polar vortex. This swirl of frigid air, located more than 10 miles above Earth’s surface, strengthens each year ...

One of the key players in these dramatic shifts is something called the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a massive area of cold air located high in the atmosphere, typically spinning over the ...

These outbreaks can happen when the polar vortex is in a weaker state, allowing cold air that is normally confined to the north to break off and move further south. Some experts say this is ...

The polar vortex is responsible for next week’s cold, which will bring extreme cold as far as the deep south. The cold air will hang around Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing below-zero ...