Tornadoes, winter storms and even hurricanes - chances are you've heard at least one of those phenomena mentioned in the same sentence with the jet stream. Here's a meteorology 101 rundown about what ...

High above our heads, around 5 to 7 miles above the Earth’s surface, a powerful ribbon of air races from west to east. This is the jet stream; a fast-flowing current of air that plays a crucial role ...

You've got to love it when the Deep South gets a taste of snow as parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia did today. The snow tonight has been raking central and eastern North Carolina up into the ...

First, instead of moving storms quickly eastward, the sluggish jet stream stalled storm systems in place, causing prolonged ...