Jet streams

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How are Jet streams formed?

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They form where large temperature differences exist in the atmosphere.

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The jet streams help jets move from what?

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move from east to west

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What causes Jet Streams?

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Jet streams form when warm air masses meet cold air masses in the atmosphere.

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Why is an airplane slower when flying from west to east?

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Because the jet streams are from east to west and they are faster that way.

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What are Jet Streams?

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a narrow variable band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth. There are typically two or three jet streams in each of the hemispheres

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Predominantly

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Mainly, for the most part