The Deep South of the United States was hit with a rare snowstorm, the result of a collision of air pressure systems moved by ...

As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...

The fastest recorded ground speed reached by a transatlantic flight was 835mph, which was hit by a commercial aircraft going ...

At least two flights briefly traveled faster than the speed of sound as the jet stream sped up, but there would not have been ...

When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...

An unusually strong jet stream over the Atlantic bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland is so powerful it pushed a flight ...

The reason? Fierce jet stream winds supercharging its speed. The jet stream is like a river of west-to-east winds in the upper atmosphere. Airplanes use it like a highway. If flights are heading ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...

Millions of Canadians won't be in the deep freeze to kick off February as a forthcoming pattern change will reconfigure air ...

Britain could face travel disruption and see damage to buildings from Thursday onwards as Storm Eowyn lashes the UK.

Meteorologists often blame unusual weather events on the movements of a jet stream, not to be confused with the similarly active Gulf Stream. Learn the key differences between the two before the ...