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 ...

What Exactly Is The Jet Stream The jet stream, or any wind, is the result of differences in surface temperature. In simple ...

Jet streams are often referred to as the "motor" of global weather: High-altitude wind currents steer areas of high and low pressure, playing a crucial role in shaping our weather. However, how these ...

The sky may seem like a huge open playground for airplanes to fly without speed limits in any direction they wish. In reality, planes adhere to certain rules and follow fixed flight paths, much like ...

Residents of Portage la Prairie and southern Manitoba are preparing for dramatic temperature swings as winter weather ...

An email from Jerry asks why there is a jet stream and why is it called "jet stream." If we think of the air flowing around the planet as doing so in streams like rivers it may then be a little easier ...

A novel unified hydrodynamic model proposes a single mechanism to explain the contrasting equatorial jet stream directions on gas giants (eastward on Jupiter/Saturn) and ice giants (westward on Uranus ...