A large trough in the jet stream will be holding over the Great Lakes and to the north this weekend, pouring very cold, ...

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 ...

Climate scientists have long watched the jet stream with fascination and growing concern. These rivers of air racing across ...

In South America, southern Africa, Australia and Oceania, summer weather is heavily influenced by the Southern Hemisphere’s Eddy-Driven Jet (EDJ), a wind belt that flows between 1.3–1.5 kilometres ...

The simplest definition of wind is air in motion. Wind is generated by uneven pressure in the atmosphere, which is caused by uneven heating by the Sun, land, and oceans. The air closest to the ground ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Climate change is affecting global wind patterns in multiple ways, many of which have direct implications for human health. Worsening sand and dust ...

Jet streams play a key role in how tornadoes are formed. When it comes to tornadoes, you’ve seen them, and you’ve seen what they can do. But do you really know how a tornado forms into that monstrous ...

We all know the scenario: A slow-moving thunderstorm comes along in the summer months and unleashes intense rainfall that can add up to an inch or more in a short amount of time, leaving you soaked if ...

Spring and summer 2025 have been marked by a noticeable pattern of weather whiplash. The weather has consistently swung from one weather event to the next. Severe weather frequently impacted the ...