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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Heat domes are usually affected by the behavior of the jet stream, a ribbon of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere that flows from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere and affects weather systems.
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Denise Chow, NBC news, 26 June 2025
While meteorologists don’t know for sure why March was so active, there were a couple of ingredients that favor tornadoes:
First, in March the climate was in a weak La Niña pattern, which is associated with a wavier and stormier jet stream and, often, with more U.S. tornadoes.
—Daniel Chavas, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
What Is a Jet Streak A jet streak is a fast-moving core of winds within the broader jet stream.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
What are the polar jet stream and the stratospheric polar vortex?
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
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Denise Chow, NBC news, 26 June 2025
While meteorologists don’t know for sure why March was so active, there were a couple of ingredients that favor tornadoes:
First, in March the climate was in a weak La Niña pattern, which is associated with a wavier and stormier jet stream and, often, with more U.S. tornadoes.
—Daniel Chavas, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
What Is a Jet Streak A jet streak is a fast-moving core of winds within the broader jet stream.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
What are the polar jet stream and the stratospheric polar vortex?
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jet stream
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“Jet stream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jet%20stream. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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