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Polar vortex to send bitter cold to U.S. including DC area

A polar vortex will bring brutally cold temperatures and an arctic blast to much of the U.S. next week

Snow and winds are likely to disrupt traffic, trigger flight cancellations, and cause headaches for people traveling to D.C. for Inauguration Day. Baby, it’s cold outside, and it’s about to get even colder for much of the United States.

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Polar vortex to send bitter cold to the U.S. including DC area

The polar vortex is a ring of cold air that typically circles the Arctic. A strong jet stream essentially acts like a fence, keeping it locked there. If there's any weakening in the jet stream (the fence), the frigid air can become unstable and spill out. This sends the normally trapped cold air much farther south.

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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 will bring a cold front with frigid temperatures to nearly 300 million Americans. See maps of the arctic blast.

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Trump's Inauguration Day swearing in ceremony moved indoors due to bitter temperatures from polar vortex

With temperatures expected to be among the coldest Inauguration Day in decades, officials have decided to move the swearing-in ceremony inside.

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120 million people could experience subzero temps soon. Where the cold will be worst.

A lobe of the polar vortex will arrive in the United States this weekend, bringing the lowest temperatures in years and snow and ice to the East and Deep South.

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Get ready for an even bigger chill. Siberian air to make Trump swearing-in coldest in 40 years

The temperature is predicted to be around 22 degrees during the swearing-in, the coldest since Ronald Reagan’s second ...

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In a polar vortex, are you as safe as Washington?

A person walks near the Washington Monument during a winter snow storm in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt ...

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