The wind direction and speed at the surface have a big impact on flight takeoff. There are three types of wind, headwind, ...

Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) events occur during the winter months and can lead to Arctic outbreaks across the US. They ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — You’ve probably heard meteorologists talking about the jet stream in the fall and winter months as it can be used as a tool to forecast temperature changes and even the type of ...

Summer 2024 was officially the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest on record. In the United States, fierce heat waves seemed to hit somewhere almost every day. Overall, the global average temperature was ...

Astronomers aimed the Very Large Telescope in Chile at a nearby exoplanet and discovered jet stream winds blowing nearly 80 times faster than any seen here on Earth, and the fastest of their kind ever ...

Near record-breaking wind over the mid-Atlantic region pushed east-bound commercial planes to supersonic speeds this weekend. One passenger plane, a Virgin Atlantic flight traveling from Washington to ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 mph, but are not the strongest in our solar system. The comparable high-altitude wind on ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Heading into the cooler months, we can certainly see some cold snaps make their way into the area. But what's going on in the atmosphere that causes these cooler-than-average ...