polar vortex

Utility crews raced Wednesday to restore power to nearly 3.4 million customers around the U.S. who were still without electricity in the aftermath of a deadly winter storm, and another blast of ice and snow threatened to sow more chaos.

It seems like the world’s weather has turned upside-down.

The start to the weekend is bringing very cold conditions. Temperatures will be in the low-30s, but it’ll feel more like the teens and 20s due to gusty winds. NBC10 First Alert Meteorologist Krystal Klei has your full forecast.

We’re in for an extended stretch of numbing cold that will have you wanting to break out all of the winter layers. We will have our first chance of accumulating snow and ice in over a month Monday into Tuesday. NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Steve Sosna breaks it all down.

What is the polar vortex – and why does it sometimes escape the pole and freeze our area? NBC10 First Alert Meteorologist Steve Sosna explains.

Mother’s Day weekend got off to an unseasonably snowy start in areas of the Northeast thanks to the polar vortex

The northeastern U.S. is about to get a cold spring farewell from winter’s bad boy, the polar vortex, which could bring rare May snowfall and record-low temperatures to some areas over the Mother’s Day weekend

First comes the rain, then comes the Arctic blast.

The ‘Siberian Express’ makes a return for Valentine’s weekend.