http://www.newsweek.com/jet-streams-climate-change-extreme-weather-earth-traffic-jams-939252

Did you get stuck in a traffic jam this morning? If so, you're in good company. Just like thousands of human drivers, planet Earth itself gets caught in a patches of bad traffic, a new study published in Science has revealed.

Scientists studying the behavior of Earth’s weird jet streams have discovered the fast flowing currents of air bottleneck like vehicles on a busy road. These “traffic jams,” they say, can cause extreme weather events.