A blizzard warning is in effect for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as a bomb cyclone — a rapidly intensifying winter storm — ...

Finally, the wavy jet stream became locked in place by persistent high-pressure systems, anchoring storm tracks over the same ...

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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 Texas, Kentucky and ...

Earth’s upper atmosphere depended on a delicate balance of forces to keep the polar vortex trapped at the top of the world. The Polar Night Jet, a high-speed ribbon of wind circling the Arctic, acted ...

High above our heads, far beyond the clouds we see from the ground, a powerful current of air circles the planet. Known as the jet stream, it plays a major role in shaping weather patterns and ...

As tens of thousands of Americans hit the roads and airways this Thanksgiving week to reunite with family, challenging weather conditions threaten to complicate their journeys across multiple regions.

Every year, the winter buzzwords start to fly before we set the Thanksgiving table. And who doesn't love feasting on the polar vortex? Everyone's favorite (or favorite to hate) phenomenon spins up in ...