Tornadoes, winter storms and even hurricanes - chances are you've heard at least one of those phenomena mentioned in the same sentence with the jet stream. Here's a meteorology 101 rundown about what ...

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Two studies examine weather patterns and agriculture around the world. On a more serious note: interesting info. I'm not sure what to do about it, apart from more of the same - try to reduce our ...

The US had a rare year without a hurricane make landfall, but it saw too much extreme rainfall and flash flooding across the ...

Climate scientists have long watched the jet stream with fascination and growing concern. These rivers of air racing across our planet at altitudes of roughly 5-9 miles dictate much of our day-to-day ...

The jet stream, or any wind, is the result of differences in surface temperature. In simple terms, warm air rises, creating low pressure, and cold air sinks, creating high pressure. Wind is the ...

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 ...

Scientists say a closely watched atmospheric pattern — the jet stream — is behind both the Canadian wildfires and the scorching heat in Texas, raising questions about how it shapes extreme weather ...

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — We are talking about the jet stream today. We use the terminology on a regular basis and we can throw it around pretty easily, but what is the Jet Stream? The way to think ...

A 115 mph 'jet streak' will intensify the risk of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms for millions of people across the South this weekend, a Newsweek map shows. The powerful 115 mph upper-level jet ...

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’ ...