When the polar jet stream reaches as far south as Kansas or Nebraska, it can bring freezing temperatures to Texas, depending on the source of the air. “In the February 2021 freeze, that air was ...

The Deep South of the United States was hit with a rare snowstorm, the result of a collision of air pressure systems moved by ...

How Would You Define a Jet Stream? The jet stream, one of the most dramatic forces of nature, was discovered during World War II when aviators first tried to cross the Pacific. This strong wind ...

When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...

For both events, you can blame the jet stream – the fast-moving air currents that flow west to east around the globe. In October 2024, the polar jet had buckled, trapping a high-pressure ...

Meteorologists often blame unusual weather events on the movements of a jet stream, not to be confused with the similarly active Gulf Stream. Learn the key differences between the two before the ...

The daily weather we experience is largely shaped by atmospheric conditions nearly 30,000 feet above us, where a key factor is the weather phenomenon known as the jet stream. Think of a jet stream ...