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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What To Know A pronounced drop in the jet stream this weekend into early next week is forecast to bring a surge of cold air and wintry precipitation to large swathes of the central and eastern United States.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
As the season shifts toward winter, the polar jet stream begins to shift south and can stir up storms that produce howling winds and gigantic waves in November on the Great Lakes.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Storms riding the jet stream can turn severe anytime southerly winds pull up warm, humid air from the Gulf.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The jet stream picked it up and carried it to the northeast, which is pretty common, and weather models did a pretty good job in forecasting its track into the Bering Sea.
—Rick Thoman, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
As the season shifts toward winter, the polar jet stream begins to shift south and can stir up storms that produce howling winds and gigantic waves in November on the Great Lakes.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Storms riding the jet stream can turn severe anytime southerly winds pull up warm, humid air from the Gulf.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The jet stream picked it up and carried it to the northeast, which is pretty common, and weather models did a pretty good job in forecasting its track into the Bering Sea.
—Rick Thoman, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Jet stream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jet%20stream. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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