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 ...

A strengthening El Niño and emerging Indian Ocean Dipole could bring Florida a stormier, wetter winter with occasional blasts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scattered showers are expected Wednesday in Napa County, amid an unusual global weather pattern. (Brant Ward/The Chronicle) The ...

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 ...

A super El Niño is setting the stage for an especially wet and warm Minnesota winter, and the impact of the global weather pattern doesn't stop there.

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 ...

Most people assume summer is the worst time to fly. Thunderstorms, packed airports, the sheer volume of vacation traffic – it ...