Something has shifted in the way climate scientists talk about their own work. The language has become noticeably more ...

Climate scientists have long watched the jet stream with fascination and growing concern. These rivers of air racing across our planet at altitudes of roughly 5-9 miles dictate much of our day-to-day ...

This week's question comes from Robinette, a Morning Brief reader in Fredericksburg, Virginia, who noticed a pattern in the local weather, "A few years back or maybe even longer, I started noticing ...

Jet streams are often referred to as the "motor" of global weather: High-altitude wind currents steer areas of high and low pressure, playing a crucial role in shaping our weather. However, how these ...

In the United States, our weather patterns usually travel from the west to the east. Sometimes, we can see variations in that a system will move in from the northwest or southwest, but Missourians ...

While it's been cool and wet in the Miami Valley, there's a much different set up out west. A stubborn jet stream pattern has made its mark on the entire country recently. While we find ourselves in a ...

The jet streams are high‐altitude, narrow bands of westerly winds that circumnavigate the globe near the tropopause and exert a controlling influence on weather and climate patterns. Variability in ...

So far this summer, the hottest day of 2010 in Fargo-Moorhead was 95 degrees back on May 29. But there may be an upcoming opportunity to better that reading. The jet stream pattern has, for several ...