Ask a Climatologist: How the jet stream affects Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

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Ask a Climatologist: How the jet stream affects Alaska
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Banded cirrus clouds run perpendicular to the jet stream—a telltale feature photographed by an astronaut aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. (Photo courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center). The jet stream circles the globe from west to east ...and more »