I always think that it's unfair that the West Coast gets the snow before the East Coast. Why does this happen though? Well it all has to do with the Jet Stream. The jet stream is a strong wind about 30,000 feet up which carries weather across the world. In the United States the jet stream flows West to East which causes the storms to move West to East. Occasionally the jet stream will go north to south, but that rarely happens and even more rare is when it flows East to West.
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