Commercial planes often change course to avoid certain jet streams. Learn about the impact these high-altitude winds have on flight paths and travel times.

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the extreme winds observed around their equators. While some of these planets have ...

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 ...

Meteorologist Justin Rudicel explains how the jet stream forms, why it shifts throughout the year and how it influences everything from severe storms to summer heat in Oklahoma. The jet stream is one ...

Something has been off about the sky lately, and meteorologists are finally putting numbers to the feeling. Across the past several months, forecast models have picked up on a significant ...