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The "Jet Stream Wobble": Why weather forecasts are getting less reliable

Picture this: you're checking tomorrow's weather for the tenth time this week, and each time the forecast has shifted. What ...
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Why the Jet Stream Is Shifting - And What It Means for Future Storms

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 ...
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The SCW Festivus Q&A: White Houston Christmas, grievances aired, jet stream moves, drought ends, new normals

Since it appears that Houston not only will miss out on a white Christmas, we’ll have pretty toasty one instead, we thought ...

2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes

Finally, the wavy jet stream became locked in place by persistent high-pressure systems, anchoring storm tracks over the same regions. This led to repeated episodes of heavy rainfall and catastrophic ...