While jet streams are air patterns, the Gulf Stream is an ocean pattern that also has an impact on weather.

As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...

The polar jet stream carries air from the poles, while the subtropical jet stream transports air from tropical regions. The Earth's atmosphere also has smaller, less consistent jet streams ...

The planes didn’t break the sound barrier because it was the air moving them so quickly, not their engines. The report compared it to someone walking on a moving walkway at an airport – the person is ...

Typically, the jet stream cruises around 110 mph. With larger temperature differences, though, those wind speeds can climb as high as 200 to 250 mph. Fortunately for Santa, those higher speeds in ...

Storm Éowyn is about to hit the U.K. and Ireland as forecasters warn the explosive "bomb cyclone" will bring snow, rain and ...

El Niño causes the Pacific jet stream to move south and spread further east. During winter, this leads to wetter than normal conditions in the South and prevents some tropical storms from ...