Climate scientists have long watched the jet stream with fascination and growing concern. These rivers of air racing across our planet at altitudes of roughly 5-9 miles dictate much of our day-to-day ...

In the United States, our weather patterns usually travel from the west to the east. Sometimes, we can see variations in that a system will move in from the northwest or southwest, but Missourians ...

Tornadoes, winter storms and even hurricanes - chances are you've heard at least one of those phenomena mentioned in the same sentence with the jet stream. Here's a meteorology 101 rundown about what ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Upper Midwest and Northern Plains have been hit by Canada's freezing temperatures. On Thursday, Dec. 4, wind chills ...

A novel unified hydrodynamic model proposes a single mechanism to explain the contrasting equatorial jet stream directions on gas giants (eastward on Jupiter/Saturn) and ice giants (westward on Uranus ...