Climate scientists have long watched the jet stream with fascination and growing concern. These rivers of air racing across ...

Summer 2024 was officially the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest on record. In the United States, fierce heat waves seemed to hit somewhere almost every day. Overall, the global average temperature was ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The jet stream is a key atmospheric phenomenon that plays a crucial role in shaping day-to-day weather patterns. These fast-moving winds, typically located around 30,000 feet above ...

There are higher odds of temperatures remaining below average across Southeastern Minnesota and Northern Iowa for the next week or two, according to the Climate Prediction Center. There are also ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The jet stream is a narrow current of high-altitude air, and it doesn't just affect the weather. In the same direction as the jet stream, an airplane can gain extra speed. For example ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — You’ve probably heard meteorologists talking about the jet stream in the fall and winter months as it can be used as a tool to forecast temperature changes and even the type of ...

WASHINGTON -- The jet stream — America's stormy weather maker — is creeping northward and weakening, new research shows. That potentially means less rain in the already dry South and Southwest and ...

Savior of many a cramped pair of legs, the jet stream is well known for lopping roughly an hour off long haul west-to-east flights. But it's working especially hard for travelers in economy class ...

An Atmospheric Physics rule of thumb that can be seen in real life!Here we see Satellite & Radar on Thursday night with a ...

When the bubonic plague reached England in the summer of 1348 — spread by fleas, lice, or infected humans, according to the latest theories — it reached a breeding ground for disease. Londoners’ ...

The wind direction and speed at the surface have a big impact on flight takeoff. There are three types of wind, headwind, ...

You've heard meteorologist talk about jet streams all the time. But have you ever wondered what they are exactly? Meteorologists talk about jet streams for a good reason. They can actually influence ...