Blog Post Image: Changes in Cloud Distribution Explain Some Weather Patterns

These figures illustrate the shift of cloud cover associated with the jet streams over land by latitude over the past 40 years. In the north, the cloud cover is slowing moving north and in the south cloud cover is shifting south. This change supports previous findings that the jet streams are shifting toward the poles. Image credit: R. Eastman, UW (Click image to enlarge)

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