The jet stream, or any wind, is the result of differences in surface temperature. In simple terms, warm air rises, creating low pressure, and cold air sinks, creating high pressure. Wind is the ...

Picture this: you're checking tomorrow's weather for the tenth time this week, and each time the forecast has shifted. What started as sunny skies morphed into scattered showers, then back to partly ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) At the same time, every hurricane that formed, including the three powerful Category 5 ...

(The Conversation) – The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across ...

The jet stream also played a role in the 2025 hurricane season. Given its west-to-east wind direction, the southward dip of the jet stream—along with a weak high pressure system over the ...