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 ...

An unusually strong jet stream over the Atlantic bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland is so powerful it pushed a flight ...

The jet stream plays a crucial role in shaping global weather patterns, affecting everything from hurricanes to heatwaves.

The fastest recorded ground speed reached by a transatlantic flight was 835mph, which was hit by a commercial aircraft going ...

“The jet stream is a fast flowing, narrow current of air high up in the Earth's atmosphere,” said Knox. “Typically going from west to east, and formed at the boundary between significantly ...

For both events, you can blame the jet stream – the fast-moving air currents that flow west to east around the globe. In October 2024, the polar jet had buckled, trapping a high-pressure ...

The jet stream can dramatically affect flights due to the fast-flowing, narrow air current. The record speed was reached just in September last year when a flight from New York to Lisbon flew ...

The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.

To help maintain this high speed and aid efficiency, routes fly along the jet stream, which comprises ... and experts that the site spoke with said the current subsonic record of 835 mph ...