One of the biggest clues on what’s to come for our forecast is watching our jet stream. This time of year, cold arctic air ...
TULSA, Okla. — While we live well below the jet stream, it affects our everyday weather. This current of winds between 4 and 8 miles above the surface, guides storm systems around the globe. On ...
An idealized illustration of giant meanders in the global jet stream known as wave-4 patterns, which are bringing extreme winter cold and/or precipitation (blue areas) to parts of North America and ...
After a Thanksgiving, signs point to a chillier and perhaps more moist start to December. Taking a glance at Tuesday evening's long-range GFS American Computer Model, for example, points to ...
A century-old North Atlantic cold patch is now linked to a long-term slowdown in the AMOC, the climate-regulating conveyor ...
There is a jet stream pattern setting up that may have lasting impacts on our weather. The polar jet stream is in the process of forming into a high-amplitude, very wavy pattern around the world.
ST. LOUIS – The stormy weather pattern slamming the St. Louis region since early July isn’t going anywhere just yet. So far, the month of July and the beginning of August have been the main culprits ...
Scientists say a closely watched atmospheric pattern — the jet stream — is behind both the Canadian wildfires and the scorching heat in Texas, raising questions about how it shapes extreme weather ...
A highly unusual disruption of the polar vortex is taking shape in the upper atmosphere this November, raising the odds of a ...
One of the big contributors to the record-breaking global temperatures over the past year — El Niño — is nearly gone, and its opposite, La Niña, is on the way. Whether that’s a relief or not depends ...
Venus spins slowly, yet its upper atmosphere races around the planet at roughly 220 miles per hour, a supercharged jet stream ...