If we take a peek at the tropopause you can see a sliver of the polar vortex — the light gray and white in the map below — funneling south Sunday morning. At the same time, a weak jet stream ...

The Met Office has issued a red warning ahead of the storm, which is set to bring 100mph gales to parts of the UK within hours. Now, scientists have warned that the storm is 'explosively developing'.

As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...

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 ...

Scientists are scrambling to understand how climate change may be interfering with the winds that carry our weather, with ...

The planes didn’t break the sound barrier because it was the air moving them so quickly, not their engines. The report compared it to someone walking on a moving walkway at an airport – the person is ...

The jet stream plays a crucial role in shaping global weather patterns, affecting everything from hurricanes to heatwaves.

“Whether or not climate change is affecting the jet stream has changed over time,” said Pam Knox, agricultural climatologist with the extension office at the University of Georgia. “There's ...