Jet Stream vs. Gulf Stream: What’s the Difference?
While jet streams are air patterns, the Gulf Stream is an ocean pattern that also has an impact on weather.
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New Orleans ties snowfall record set 130 years ago. See how much fell during rare storm.
In 1865, record-breaking snowfall was measured in Audubon Park. New Orleans experienced the same amount during Tuesday's ...
Breaking down the historic winter system impacting the Gulf Coast from Houston to New Orleans
The latest on the once-in-a-generation winter system off of the Gulf of Mexico from the southernmost Blizzard Warning ever ...
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Why are we seeing heavy snow in south Louisiana? It's about timing and the 'polar vortex.'
The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air ...
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Snow in New Orleans? That's like a blizzard in Coffs Harbour
To put that in perspective, New Orleans is on the same latitude (or at least the northern hemisphere equivalent) as Coffs ...
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Hundreds of oil leases in the Gulf are sitting idle. Why is Trump calling for more?
Despite President Donald Trump’s calls to “drill, baby, drill,” many oil companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico will likely do what they’ve done for years: sit on hundreds of untapped oil leases ...
Which Southern cities had the most snow? Here are the biggest snow totals by state
“Just like hundreds of other meteorologists today, I am speechless,” one wrote, sharing a video clip of whiteout conditions on Pensacola Bay Bridge in Florida. The city of Milton, Florida, reported ...
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ winter storm blankets the South as New Orleans shatters century-old snowfall record
For example, Lake Charles, La., along the Gulf Coast, showed snowfall rates of over 1 inch per hour this morning and early ...
Mexican president says the world will still call the gulf the Gulf of Mexico
Mexican president says President Trump can call the gulf whatever he wants but that the world will still call it the Gulf of ...
Frigid winter storm brings heavy snow, sleet and ice to Galveston, Gulf Coast
A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast left New Orleans and Houston frozen Tuesday.