There is a sudden warming about to happen high up in the atmosphere. This warming usually affects the Polar Vortex.

The Met Office has issued a new statement on a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event caused by a polar vortex collapse.

The Met Office has predicted there is more than an 80% chance of a sudden stratospheric warming happening by mid-March. The same phenomenon caused 2018's Beast from the East - so could the same thing ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event could be about to shatter our hopes that the cold weather of winter is over - the Met ...

For the remainder of this week, all of the UK will feel the cold with maximums of 5 to 9C. For some context, the average ...

A sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) was behind the bitter winter storm which struck Britain in March 2018, bringing heavy snow, ice and strong winds and leading to 17 deaths across the UK.

The Beast from the East could return to Norfolk as the Met Office predicts the weather phenomenon that caused it.

A polar vortex collapse could bring cold weather to the UK later this month, the Met Office has warned. The weather ...

That's thanks to a phenomenon known as sudden stratospheric warming (SSW). Despite the name, it's often responsible for colder weather events - including 2018's Beast from the East. The Met Office ...

The UK could be in for a bitterly cold snap later this month after the Met Office said it was "almost certain" there will be a weather phenomenon called a "sudden stratospheric warming". Forecasters ...

Professor Adam Scaife, Head of Long-Range Forecasting at the Met Office, said: “There is now over 80 per cent chance of a SSW ...

Meteorologists suggest a sudden stratospheric warming event might occur within the next two weeks, potentially dashing any hopes of continued warm weather sending off winter chills. This scenario ...