Here's a Meteorology 101 primer on these patterns: The jet stream had been in what's called zonal flow, which means it was flowing in a mostly flat west-to-east fashion across the country ...
Tree-ring data reveal that the jet stream has driven this climate dipole for more than 700 years, resulting in contrasting patterns in weather, agricultural and societal extremes. Anthropogenic ...
The patterns of Earth’s high winds have surprisingly widespread effects on life on the ground. A recent study in the journal Nature shows that when the summer jet stream over Europe veers north ...