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

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 ...

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 ...

One of you readers asked me to define the jet stream. Tuesday, I mentioned that the jet stream had changed over the West, bringing us mild weather for the next several days. So what is the jet stream ...

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