'Blocked' jetstream to blame for freak weather in Russia and Pakistan, say scientists

By Niall Firth
Last updated at 11:36 AM on 12th August 2010



A massive heatwave in Russia and the current devastating floods in Pakistan could be linked by the unusual behaviour of the jetstream, scientists believe.

The jetstream is the high-altitude wind that circles the globe from west to east and normally pushes a series of wet but mild Atlantic lows across Britain.

But meteorologists who study the phenomenon say that it is producing unusual holding patterns which keep weather systems in one place and produce freak conditions.

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