Polar Vortex

An Arctic blast is set to hit most of the country this weekend and into next week as the polar vortex pushes frigid temperatures into the U.S.  The Details: Frigid Siberian air is forecast to hit the Northern Plains on Saturday and move south and east through the weekend, according to AccuWeather....

Many of cities in the Midwest, including Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis-Saint Paul, have had dangerously cold weather all week, breaking records by several degrees in some cases as temperatures dropped into the teens and 10s below zero. Some areas were as cold as the 40s and 50s below zero, and...

Good day, The historic freeze gripping much of the country is an opportune time to revisit the origin of the famous albeit unofficial motto of the U.S. Postal Service: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…" Credit goes to book 8, paragraph 98 of The Persian Wars...

The ongoing nasty winter weather is showing no mercy in the Northeast. Besides brutally cold temperatures the past few days, with wind chills as low as 30 degrees below zero, the snow and wind just kept coming. Those conditions made driving nearly impossible in some areas, resulting in major wrecks...

Winter storm Jaden is slowing rail operations throughout the Upper Midwest and Northeast with the largest Class 1 railroad by track miles reporting "multiple trains" being stopped and delayed due to the storm. BNSF (NYSE: BRK-A) warned customers Jaden's record cold and wind chill...

Michiganders cranked the heat as temperatures settled below -12 degrees Fahrenheit, but state officials are urging them to cut back. A late-night fire at Consumers Energy Co (NYSE: CMS-B)’s Ray Compressor Station in the Metro Detroit area, which holds 64 percent of the utility’s supply...

This year’s weather patterns indicate another cold winter ahead. Macquarie believes that winter clothing makers are the best way to trade the cold winter. The firm prefers VF Corp (NYSE: VFC) over Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ: COLM) and Deckers Outdoor Corp (NYSE: DECK). The vast...

It is no secret that energy prices have taken quite a hit lately. However, natural gas funds such as the United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (NYSE: UNG) will look to capitalize on the recent polar vortex that has been sweeping the country and will likely affect Thanksgiving weekend. UNG...

Due to the terrible weather in the United States, JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) and other airlines have had to cancel many flights. JetBlue cancelled 300 flights on Monday, reducing operations at New York Kennedy, New York LaGuardia, Newark and Boston. In a prepared statement, JetBlue advised that, "to...

Executive Director of The Planetary Society and beloved science guy Bye Nye appeared on CNBC's Squawk on the Street Tuesday to explain the physical and economic dangers associated with the extreme cold that's hit parts of the country from the polar vortex (not to be confused with the polar...