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January Thaw: A period of mild weather usually in late January.
Jet Max: The area of max wind speed within the jet stream.
Jet Winds: Also know as the "Jet Stream" are areas of winds 50 to 300 mph plus that appear in the atmosphere at 18,000 to 50,000 feet.
They maybe 500 to 3,000 miles long. 50 to 500 miles wide and greater than 10,000 feet thick and are steering currents in the atmosphere. 


1. Jet Stream: Discovered during WW II over the Pacific.
2. Jet Stream. Jet Winds. Subtropical Jet Stream.
3. Jet Stream: Maximum. Jet Streak. Areas of highest wind speeds.
4. Jet Stream: Subtropical. Location. 18,000 feet to 40,000 feet.
5. Jet Stream: Wind speed: 50 mph to 400 mph.
6. Jet Winds:  Called Iostachs on upper air charts..
7. Jet Winds:  Convergence & Divergence.
8. Jet Winds:  Drawn as dashed lines on upper air charts.
9. Jet Winds:  Move. W-E. N-S. S-N. Snake like.

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