Express lane in the sky: How potent jet stream is speeding up transatlantic travel | Weather or Not

There's something speedy in the air. As WABC-TV Chief Meteorologist Lee Goldberg explains in our latest episode of "Weather or Not," flights from North America to Europe are benefiting from a rare phenomenon that's dramatically speeding up travel time. For example, a recent transatlantic flight going from JFK to Heathrow arrived an hour early because the plane was traveling nearly 800 miles an hour at about 30,000 feet. And the reason for that is the jet stream, which is amplified right now. Call it a "jet streak" that's broken out in these west-to-east upper-level winds. What's interesting is that the jet stream is not unusually strong over the lower 48, but once you get over the open Atlantic, winds are almost 200 miles an hour heading toward the United Kingdom. Read more: https://abc7ny.com/new-york-to-london-travel-time-supersonic-flight-jet-stream-heathrow-fast/14005486/ Check out more Eyewitness News - http://abc7ny.com/ Find us on social media: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ABC7NY/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/abc7ny/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/abc7ny TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@abc7ny We’re abc7NY, also known as Channel 7 and WABC-TV on TV, home to Eyewitness News, New York’s Number 1 news. We hope you love us on YouTube as much as you do on television! NEW TIPS: Online: http://abc7ny.com/submit-a-news-tip/2599968/ Email: abc7ny@abc.com About WABC-TV: https://abc7ny.com/about/ #nyc #news #breakingnews