While jet streams are air patterns, the Gulf Stream is an ocean pattern that also has an impact on weather.
An unusually strong jet stream over the Atlantic bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland is so powerful it pushed a flight ...
The fastest recorded ground speed reached by a transatlantic flight was 835mph, which was hit by a commercial aircraft going ...
As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...
Scientists are scrambling to understand how climate change may be interfering with the winds that carry our weather, with ...
The jet stream, one of the most dramatic forces of nature, was discovered during World War II when aviators first tried to cross the Pacific. This strong wind current is often defined as upper ...
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
This heating causes warmer, less dense air to rise, while cooler, denser air rushes in to fill its place, creating a current of air in the upper atmosphere known as the jet stream. Jet streams ...