A close relationship exists between the location of the polar jet stream and conditions near the surface, particularly temperatures. When the polar jet stream is situated south of your location, 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 as ...

An unusually strong jet stream over the Atlantic bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland is so powerful it pushed a flight ...

WASHINGTON -- The jet stream — America's stormy weather maker — is creeping northward and weakening, new research shows. That potentially means less rain in the already dry South and Southwest and ...

WE’RE USED TO THAT. CHALLENGING AT TIMES. EXACTLY. IT’S BEEN A CHILLY JANUARY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO ROLL ON. IN FACT, WE PROBABLY HAVE NOT EVEN FELT THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON YET.

ST. LOUIS – Without a doubt, humidity has overwhelmed the St. Louis region in the past days, prompting extreme heat watches and warnings to be issued. “It has been a very hot July,” said Ben Herzog ...

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When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes late. But within 23 minutes of takeoff, it was careening over the Atlantic ...