(The Conversation) – 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the same time, every hurricane that formed, including the three powerful Category 5 storms, steered clear of the U.S. mainland. Both scenarios were unusual – and they were largely directed by the ...

The polar jet stream is typically found near 50 to 60 degrees latitude, across Canada in the Northern Hemisphere, where cold polar air meets warmer midlatitude air. It plays a major role in modulating ...

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 ...