Interesting Article Re. Extreme Weather And Jet Streams

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Global winds could explain record rains, tornadoes

MADISON –Two talks at a scientific conference this week will propose a common root for an enormous deluge in western Tennessee in May 2010, and a historic outbreak of tornadoes centered on Alabama in April 2011.

Both events seem to be linked to a relatively rare coupling between the polar and the subtropical jet streams, says Jonathan Martin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-12/uow-gwc120511.php