jet stream
noun
: a long narrow meandering current of high-speed winds near the tropopause blowing from a generally westerly direction and often exceeding a speed of 250 miles (402 kilometers) per hour
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Cirrus clouds at the level of the jet stream – often about 6 miles (10 kilometers), above the ground – can sometimes move at over 200 miles per hour (320 kilometers per hour).
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Ross Lazear, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
Warming oceans can cause the jet stream—a narrow, high-altitude current of fast-moving air that influences weather across the continent—to move off course.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
Normally, the jet stream resembles a real stream, slicing directly across the country with perhaps a few small meanders.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The Meteorological Puzzle Climate experts point to unusual jet stream patterns as a key factor behind this atypical snowfall.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Ross Lazear, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
Warming oceans can cause the jet stream—a narrow, high-altitude current of fast-moving air that influences weather across the continent—to move off course.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
Normally, the jet stream resembles a real stream, slicing directly across the country with perhaps a few small meanders.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The Meteorological Puzzle Climate experts point to unusual jet stream patterns as a key factor behind this atypical snowfall.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Jet stream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jet%20stream. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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