Encyclopedia entry: Jet Stream

Article: "Little Ice Age" is on the way. (Univ of Missouri researcher ...
USA Today (Magazine);  June 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... His research indicates North America can expect a natural ... 20 or so years as the jet stream from Alaska and western ... been a warm period. North America has enjoyed a temperate ... Pacific, forces the jet stream to move around it ...

Article: Variability in the Position and Strength of Winter Jet ...
Journal of Climate;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... merged) winter-mean jet stream in the east Pacific ... split) winter-mean jet stream over North America, a pattern of change ... Pacific and Atlantic jet stream oscillations are dissimilar ... Pacific to eastern North America, circulation variability ...

Article: Split jet stream will keep snowstorms south of ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 11, 1999 ;     428 words ...The result of a split jet stream over North America is a large high pressure system ... polar jet and the subtropical jet stream. These two jet streams merge ... which are greater with the polar jet stream. Embedded in the jet stream ...

Article: Jet Stream in Rut - And So Are We
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 11, 1996 ;     450 words ... ... share this spring. I'm done dreaming up believable alibis. The plain truth is that the jet stream over North America is stuck in a rut. Prevailing jet stream winds, the ribbon of fast-flowing air that acts as a superhighway for storms, has ...

Article: Jet Stream Slips Quietly to South
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 13, 1995 ;     469 words ... ... s good news if you have outdoor activities planned for the next few days. The atmosphere over North America is shifting gears. The jet stream, the high-speed river of air that snakes around the globe, is dipping farther south, allowing ...

Article: SHIFTING JET STREAM BRINGS COLD TEMPERATURES ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 15, 2009 ;     603 words ... ... southern air, but the jet stream moves around the globe ... common configuration over North America is to have a northward bend in the jet stream over the western part ... trough -- over Eastern North America," Stenger said. "That ...

Article: JET STREAM CONTROLS EVERYTHING
Dayton Daily News;  January 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... wind speeds within the jet stream can exceed 200 mph ... are larger, and the jet stream sets up where the contrasts ... summer sun, most of North America is relatively warm ... Because of this, the jet stream typically sets up to ...