Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Wednesday, at least two transatlantic flights reached top ground speeds above 800 mph. They were still technically subsonic ...

Heavy precipitation, wind storms, heat waves—when severe weather events such as these occur they are frequently attributed to a wavy jet stream. The jet stream is a powerful air current in the upper ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Heading into the cooler months, we can certainly see some cold snaps make their way into the area. But what's going on in the atmosphere that causes these cooler-than-average ...

An unusually extended Pacific jet stream could bring larger swings between cool and warm weather to California in the coming weeks.

According to research by a University of Arizona-led team, an increase in fluctuations in the North Atlantic jet stream since the 1960s coincide with more extreme weather events in Europe such as heat ...

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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 ...