In recent years, the global climate has become increasingly extreme, with intensifying alternations of droughts and ...

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 ...

A University of Dayton researcher argues the extreme weather of 2025, from flash floods to hurricanes, had the jet stream's ...

The polar jet stream is a band of wind that separates cold Arctic air from warmer air to the south. A new study suggests that as the Earth warms, this band is moving north and out of position. That ...

TEMPE, Ariz. - Weather conditions could become more dramatic in the future, according to researchers at the University of Arizona. After new discoveries on the North Atlantic Jet Stream, the new ...

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 ...

When most people think about the jet stream, if they think about it at all, it’s usually in the context of the high-altitude, fast moving wind currents of the northern hemisphere that enable speedy ...

Another factor is the warm, southerly winds, propelling in warmer and more humid air from the Gulf. Some spots in our western and northwestern counties might actually be even warmer as drier air ...

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 ...

Check out Colorado's strongest wind gusts from Wednesday. And get ready for back-to-back First Alert Weather Days on Thursday ...

Hearing “jet stream” may evoke an image of a jet plane. It turns out there is a connection between the two. Pilots get a front row seat to this important weather feature. As we dive into the jet ...