This is what a split in the polar vortex looks like! Highlighted by the red boxes, you can see two distinct circulation centers, versus strictly one. This allows for cold air to flood southward into ...

Residents of Washington, D.C., and parts of Virginia were startled on Sunday afternoon by an explosive noise that reverberated overhead, which officials later confirmed was a sonic boom produced as ...

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