COLUMBIA, S.C. — The jet stream is a narrow current of high-altitude air, and it doesn't just affect the weather. In the same direction as the jet stream, an airplane can gain extra speed. For example ...
Tornadoes, winter storms and even hurricanes - chances are you've heard at least one of those phenomena mentioned in the same sentence with the jet stream. Here's a meteorology 101 rundown about what ...
The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit ...
We’ve got two storm systems that’ll bring impactful weather to the Stateline, with the first arriving Thursday and the second ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Over the past few years, there have been a few different instances of jets reaching or exceeding record speeds. The most recent was Feb. 18, 2024, when a transatlantic flight ...
Savior of many a cramped pair of legs, the jet stream is well known for lopping roughly an hour off long haul west-to-east flights. But it's working especially hard for travelers in economy class ...
Some planes are hitting top speeds over over 750 miles per hour. Some commercial flights have been getting to their destinations faster than normal over the past few days – all thanks to an extra push ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Aircraft traveling from North America to Europe last week, neared the speed of sound over ground at times. What made these flights truly exceptional, was the powerful influence of ...
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - 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) per hour, but they are not the strongest in ...
BOULDER, Colo. — There’s a river of air thousands of feet above our heads called the jet stream. And new research shows that the peak wind speeds in the jet stream are getting faster as the atmosphere ...
New beauty shots of Jupiter, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, reveal a speedy jet stream encircling the equator at an altitude never imaged before. Researchers have known about Jovian jet ...