Meteorologists often blame unusual weather events on the movements of a jet stream, not to be confused with the similarly active Gulf Stream. Learn the key differences between the two before the ...

The daily weather we experience is largely shaped by atmospheric conditions nearly 30,000 feet above us, where a key factor is the weather phenomenon known as the jet stream. Think of a jet stream ...

When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...

Natural forces also play a role, and powerful jet streams can sometimes help flights move much quicker than expected. On ...

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

Cold air from the arctic sometimes dips southward across the American plains. What to know about the polar vortex.

There has been a new named storm every month since October - why is the UK experiencing so many intense weather events back ...

In a detailed forecast for the coming week, the Met Office explained: "The change to much more unsettled conditions will ...