What is the jet stream and why does it matter?

CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe and atmospheric scientist Rachel White walk along and also in British Columbia's Pitt River to discuss the jet stream's impact on weather. They explain that there are four jet streams meandering above the Earth and acting as a conveyor belt for storms, wildfire smoke and volcanic ash.
Read more: www.cbc.ca/news
»»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: bit.ly/1RreYWS
Connect with CBC News Online:
For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: bit.ly/1Z0m6iX
Find CBC News on Facebook: bit.ly/1WjG36m
Follow CBC News on Twitter: bit.ly/1sA5P9H
For breaking news on Twitter: bit.ly/1WjDyks
Follow CBC News on Instagram: bit.ly/1Z0iE7O
Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: bit.ly/3leaWsr
Download the CBC News app for iOS: apple.co/25mpsUz
Download the CBC News app for Android: bit.ly/1XxuozZ
»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»
For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.

[@nonyabizness.original]

5 minutes in to an 11 minute video to say, so far, that the jet stream is air above that moves sort of like a river. lots and lots of fluffy 'entertainment' content.

[@redlilywest]

Try to watch the whole thing if you can sit still that long.

[@whatabouttheearth]

How much fuel would that little plane use versus a large size American type truck?

[@johnzhang691]

blame the O&G

[@gregpineda8660]

Jet stream is a flow of exhaust gas/gasses from the jet engine/engines.

[@gregpineda8660]

And also when jet stream/streams occurs,It reminds us to make sure we wear our seat belts at all times specially when we are flying.

[@Ozmarilla]

This is BS.

[@whatabouttheearth]

You think the jet stream is BS? 😂😂😂
Do you have a 3rd grade science education?

[@Ozmarilla]

@@whatabouttheearth “This” refers to the video, not science. A 3rd grade education might improve this video’s tone.

[@RealDealy]

Love the video!
The "Jetstream" is how ancient Africans traveled to the Americas, and the Pacific Islands, with ease. The wind will basically guide you to land
I wonder if putting some type of air filter or "carbon absorber" at certain points of the jetstream can help keep air clean as the air travels the world through the jetstream?

[@gitakiss5801]

There is something very close to that filter already. They're called trees. But they are being cut down