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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 US had a rare year without a hurricane make landfall, but it saw too much extreme rainfall and flash flooding across the ...
In the United States, our weather patterns usually travel from the west to the east. Sometimes, we can see variations in that a system will move in from the northwest or southwest, but Missourians ...
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 ...
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 ...
One of you readers asked me to define the jet stream. Tuesday, I mentioned that the jet stream had changed over the West, bringing us mild weather for the next several days. So what is the jet stream ...
The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across Texas, Kentucky and ...