Winter Vortex News Today

ABC7 Meteorologist Cheryl Scott sits down with Illinois state climatologist Trent Ford to dive deeper into the meaning of the polar vortex and its impact here in Illinois.

As extreme winter weather sweeps the Midwest, Texas and Southeast, PG&E and other utilities are asking California customers to help by conserving energy in the evening hours.

Thats warmer than in chicago well what is happening across north america can be blamed on whats known as the winter vortex there are two rivers of air circulating above us one is known as the jet stream and its movements are what allow more me cold fronts to migrate across the planet if you go higher up about forty eight kilometers you find whats known as the stratospheric polar vortex its that circle you see right there now thats a river of wind around the north pole and it only forms during th...

Here in chicago youre smack dab in the middle of this winter vortex freeze hows the weather right now. its a beautiful day in small doses we went for a little walk he stay out of the wind its not too bad the errors is cold the sun is out but the wind is pretty errors. what would you say this winter vortex what does it tell us what can it tell us about climate change is this the fire or is this the fire alarm. well its hard to interpret any given mean there would be weather even if there werent a...

A warming planet why first guest tonight hopefully has some of the answers he is the author of the award winning book the long fall how humans are changing the next one hundred thousand years of earths climate and he has one of the worlds leading climatologists specializing in climate change im happy to welcome tonight professor david archer from the energy policy institute at the university of chicago fessor archers good to have you on the day with us tonight here in chicago youre smack dab in ...

Now the epicenter of the winter attack is expected to be in chicago where meteorologists are forecasting a record low on thursday morning of twenty seven degrees minus zero fahrenheit thats thirty two degrees below zero celsius you see right there now its hard to imagine temperatures this low but to give you an idea take a look at this chicago will be colder today and tomorrow then the south pole the high temperature today. priestley glacier antarctica is seven below in celsius thats warmer than...

A soluable fiber from whole grain oat foods like cheerios can help lower cholesterol. thank you! fresh off the fourth of july and the fireworks between capital hill and the white house has president obama faces a legal threat for failing to uphold the constitution. that is how we start off after the fourth of july. i am martha maccallum. >> and i am bill hemmer. good morning. did you have a good weekend? >> i did. >> outstanding. this weekend was perfect after the winter vortex. tensions is re...