When the polar jet stream reaches as far south as Kansas or Nebraska, it can bring freezing temperatures to Texas, depending on the source of the air. “In the February 2021 freeze, that air was ...

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that a strong polar jet stream and a record-breaking heat dome in May resulted in a stark contrast in irradiance patterns ...

An expert panel of Japan's Meteorological Agency says jet streams and a polar vortex were responsible for the record snowfall along the coast of the Sea of Japan this winter. An expert panel of ...

Jet streams are air currents formed by the collision of warm tropical air and cold polar air in the atmosphere, plus the rotation of the planet. When meteorologists in North America mention “the ...

Meteorologists warn that the coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy and prolonged exclamation point ...

The jet stream forms as warm air from the equator tries to slide into the polar vortex, a whirlpool of cold air near the poles. Ordinarily, this would allow warm air to just fill in the polar vortex.

A cooler day is expected as clouds continue to hang over the region. A polar jet stream from the north has dropped into the continental United States, bringing cooler air and chances for snow showers ...