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 ...
Because the jet stream winds are greatly affected by changes in temperature, their trajectory does not always flow in a uniform west to east direction. Often they might head due north and then arc ...
A powerful pattern is setting the stage for an amplified jet stream that will shunt cold ... for colder air plunging southward across the North American continent. Once the ridge of high pressure ...