About Jet Stream
Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmospheres of some planets, including Earth. On Earth, the main jet streams are located near the altitude of the tropopause and are westerly winds. Their paths typically have a meandering shape.
A change in the weather - is there snow on the way? - BBC Weather
... 3°C! Why the change? As so often with our weather, it comes down to the Jet Stream...
UK weather: Severe warnings issued ahead of Storm Ciarán - BBC Weather
... This explosive cyclongenesis is being driven by a very powerful Jet Stream - winds high in the atmosphere - with speeds of around 200mph (322km/h)...
How was Storm Agnes named and how did we know it was coming?
... A strong Jet Stream (an air current in the Earth s atmosphere) was starting to develop there, he says, something which is often an early sign of stormy weather...
UK weather: Heat-health alert in place as temperatures to hit 32C
... The Met Office said that tropical storms in the far western Atlantic, as well as deep areas of low pressure, have helped to amplify the Jet Stream - a fast wind high in the atmosphere - over the Atlantic Ocean...
UK weather: Storm and wind warnings for England and Wales as NI sees wettest July
... Meteorologists say the wet and cool weather is due to the position of the Jet Stream, a core of strong winds sitting about five to seven miles above the Earth s surface, and which dictate much of the UK s weather...
UK weather: When will it stop raining and the summer improve?
... The two are linked - and crucially it s down to where the Jet Stream is...
Climate change: Last year's UK heatwave 'a sign of things to come'
... One of the elements that might have led to a very hot year in 2022 and may explain the current wetter summer are changes in the Jet Stream, the fast moving winds that carry weather systems across the Atlantic to the UK...
How to manage your holiday in a heatwave
... Why is there no extreme heat in the UK? The Jet Stream dividing the north and south of Europe...
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