The storm season runs from the start of September to the end of August each year. It is only in the past ten years that the big ones in this part of the world have been given names.

Residents in Ireland and the United Kingdom are bracing for ferocious winds that could top 100 mph in spots. The hurricane-like storm is a rare meteorological feature known as a “sting jet" — and the ...

The storm, named Eowyn, is being fueled by the same weather pattern that has brought brutal cold and a rare winter storm to ...

An unusually strong jet stream over the Atlantic bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland is so powerful it pushed a flight ...

At least two flights briefly traveled faster than the speed of sound as the jet stream sped up, but there would not have been ...

When there are disturbances in which the Jet Stream weakens, it can become wobbly. This allows the cold air to plunge southwards. A disrupted polar vortex does not happen every year. Very much so what ...

Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for an extended visit ...

The amount of snow the Gulf Coast States received makes this weather system the worst winter storm in over 120 years. Before ...

A mass of air called the polar vortex has escaped the Arctic and plunged southward. Some scientists see the fingerprints of climate change.

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the ...

The Hollywood sign stands sentinel above Los Angeles, watching as embers dance through the January night like wayward stars.

A lobe of the polar vortex will arrive in the United States this weekend, bringing the lowest temperatures in years and snow ...