In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...

Wow! According to data from flightradar, BA274 flying Las Vegas to Heathrow has just hit a speed of 814mph thanks to extreme ...

The storm, named Eowyn, is being fueled by the same weather pattern that has brought brutal cold and a rare winter storm to ...

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the ...

Part of Mississippi under extreme cold warning after winter storm dropped snow across the Gulf Coast. When will temperatures ...

This expert says snowfall in the U.S. South shows'we can’t ignore winter' in changing climate::Houston, Texas:: Bob Henson, ...

Moisture returns to North Texas as an upper trough of low pressure moves into the West Coast. Thanks to a cold front moving through Saturday and Sunday, expect to see more cloud cover on those days.

Met Office warns of powerful jet stream bringing the strongest winds of winter, with wet and disruptive weather hitting the ...

To put the wind speeds into perspective, the fastest winds ever observed in our solar system are on Neptune, at a speed of ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the sky that bring heavy rain and storms to the U.S. West Coast and many other regions – are shifting toward higher ...

When the polar vortex is weak, the jet stream pattern wanders around a bit instead of staying in place "like a toupee that goes askew." The scientists that make up UCAR say predicting the pattern ...