Jet Stream vs. Gulf Stream: What’s the Difference?
While jet streams are air patterns, the Gulf Stream is an ocean pattern that also has an impact on weather.
What impact did the jet stream have on winter storms in Georgia? See what experts said.
As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...
Powerful polar vortex in the stratosphere brings frigid temperatures to US
A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the South.
UK snow: Forecasters warn of 'polar vortex split' as maps show when 27cm will hit
Brits could face several inches of snow in the coming days according to shocking new weather maps, with forecasters also ...
Warmth is weakening the polar vortex. Here’s what it means for extreme cold.
Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...
La Niña and the polar vortex team up to delay spring in Canada
The polar vortex is expected to remain on the Canadian side of the North Pole, which will keep an abundant supply of Arctic ...
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How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S.
The first is the polar jet stream, a huge current of air that circles the globe between 50 and 60 degrees north latitude within the low-altitude troposphere, the same layer of atmosphere where ...
Jet stream helping planes slingshot across Atlantic Ocean at 800 mph
When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...
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The intriguing phenomenon helping planes slingshot across the Atlantic at 800 mph
The jet stream forms as warm air from the equator tries to slide into the polar vortex, a whirlpool of cold air near the poles. Ordinarily, this would allow warm air to just fill in the polar vortex.