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Narrow airstream of strong winds in cyclones
A sting jet is a narrow, transient and mesoscale airstream that descends from the mid-troposphere to the surface in some extratropical cyclones. When
Sting_jet
This is a list of documented and unconfirmed sting jet occurrences. Browning, K. A. (2004). "The sting at the end of the tail: Damaging winds associated
List_of_sting_jet_cyclones
2026 European windstorm in Southwestern Europe
2018. The extreme wind gusts of more than 200 km/h were attributed to a sting jet, that developed as the cyclone made landfall. A storm like Kristin had
Storm_Kristin
1987 October storm in Western Europe
tb03885.x. "The 1987 Great Storm – What is a Sting Jet?". Met Office. Retrieved 27 February 2013. "The Sting Jet Forecasting the damaging winds in European
Great_storm_of_1987
Ukrainian anti-drone loitering munition
2025, the Sting became the first interceptor to down the Russian Geran-3, a jet-powered variant of the Shahed drone. In April 2026, the Sting was responsible
Sting_(drone)
Fast-flowing atmospheric air current
(meteorology) Polar vortex Surface weather analysis Sting jet Tornado Tropical Easterly Jet Wind shear Weather "jet stream | National Geographic Society". National
Jet_stream
Strongest type of extratropical cyclone that occurs over Europe
can be placed into three categories, namely the "warm jet", the "cold jet" and the "sting jet". These phenomena vary in terms of physical mechanisms
European_windstorm
British meteorologist
areas of mesoscale meteorology including developing the theory of the sting jet. Arguably his greatest talent is his intuitive understanding of complex
Keith_Browning
British, acoustic homing, light-weight
Ascension Island in 1982 were equipped with the weapon. Sting Ray is propelled by a pump jet driven by an electric motor. Power is supplied by a
Sting_Ray_(torpedo)
Vortex or tornado occurring over a body of water
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Waterspout
Type of cyclone occurring in the northern Atlantic coast of North America
develop and intensify. In the upper atmosphere, the strong winds of the jet stream remove and replace rising air from the Atlantic more rapidly than
Nor'easter
Tornado comprising multiple vortices
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Multiple-vortex_tornado
Whirlwind induced by and often composed of fire
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Fire_whirl
Type of tornado not originating from a mesocyclone
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Landspout
Regional tropical cyclone
tropical cyclone development. Typically with Pacific typhoons, there are two jets of outflow: one to the north ahead of an upper trough in the westerlies,
Typhoon
Rapidly deepening extratropical cyclonic low-pressure area
original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2025. Baker, Laura (2024). Sting Jets in Extratropical Cyclones (Ph.D.). University of Reading. "What is bombogenesis
Explosive_cyclogenesis
Funnel-shaped cloud not touching the ground
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Funnel_cloud
Type of whirlwind
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Dust_devil
Meteorological phenomenon in Europe during early 2026
territory, with the force of a bomb cyclone and a phenomenon called a "sting jet," so named because of the scorpion tail-shaped mark it leaves in satellite
2026_European_storm_training
Hypothetical class of extreme tropical cyclone
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Hypercane
Thunderstorm that is characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone
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Supercell
Region of rotation within a powerful thunderstorm
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Mesocyclone
Meteorological phenomenon
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Whirlwind
Energy drink
Sting Energy (or simply Sting) is a carbonated energy drink produced by Rockstar Inc. (acquired by PepsiCo in 2020). It was first announced in the Vietnamese
Sting_Energy
Latitudes 30–35 degrees north and south of the Equator
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Horse_latitudes
High air pressure area in the Atlantic Ocean
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Azores_High
Type of storm
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Anticyclonic_storm
Region with higher atmospheric pressure
Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010. JetStream (2008). Origin of Wind. National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters
High-pressure_area
trough in the jet stream, Kristin underwent a process of explosive cyclogenesis. In the hours before landfall, Kristin developed a sting jet, as Kristin
2025–26 European windstorm season
2025–26_European_windstorm_season
Swirling and reverse current in a turbulent flow regime
instability. When the ocean contains a sea surface height gradient, this creates a jet or current, such as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. This current, as part
Eddy_(fluid_dynamics)
Phrase
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Perfect_storm
Violently rotating column of air
reported sounds include a freight train, rushing rapids or waterfall, a nearby jet engine, or combinations of these. Many tornadoes are not audible from much
Tornado
Small-scale rotational weather feature
detection Wake low Derecho Mesoscale convective complex (MCC) Rear-inflow jet (RIJ) Bow echo Weisman, M. L.; Trapp, R. J. (November 2003). "Low-Level Mesovortices
Mesovortex
North Pacific, often associated with bent-back fronts and so-called "sting jet" mesoscale wind features along the southern flank of an approaching low
Climate_of_Seattle
Tropical cyclones in the South Atlantic Ocean
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South Atlantic tropical cyclone
South_Atlantic_tropical_cyclone
Rapidly rotating storm system
a weak Intertropical Convergence Zone. In contrast, the African easterly jet and areas of atmospheric instability give rise to cyclones in the Atlantic
Tropical_cyclone
2018 European windstorm
Ireland and Northern Ireland, which they suggested could be indicative of a Sting jet. 2017–18 European windstorm season Wikimedia Commons has media related
Storm_Eleanor_(2018)
High pressure mass of cold dry air over northeastern Eurasia
shorten. In the process of the Siberian High's formation, the upper-level jet is transferred across northern Eurasia by adiabatic cooling and descending
Siberian_High
Type of cyclone
favorable quadrant of a maximum in the upper level jetstream known as a jet streak. The favorable quadrants are usually at the right rear and left front
Extratropical_cyclone
Cloud formation occurring at the base of a thunderstorm
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Wall_cloud
Unusual storm system in 1996
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1996_Lake_Huron_cyclone
Tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean
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Atlantic_hurricane
Area with air pressures lower than adjacent areas
along weather fronts due to a passing by shortwave aloft or upper-level jet streak[clarification needed] before occluding later in their life cycle as
Low-pressure_area
Moderately sized weather phenomena
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Mesoscale_meteorology
Ground vortex formed from a downburst of a thunderstorm
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Gustnado
Large scale rotating air mass
course of its 2 to 6 day life cycle by the steering flow of the subtropical jet stream. Weather fronts mark the boundary between two masses of air of different
Cyclone
Category 2 Atlantic hurricane in 2014
by 18:00 UTC. By July 6, the sting jet had dissipated, and steady weakening of the cyclone resumed as only a split jet provided upper-level support to
Hurricane_Arthur
Mature tropical cyclone that develops within the eastern and central Pacific Ocean
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Pacific_hurricane
Tropical cyclone that has lost tropical characteristics
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Post-tropical_cyclone
2011–2012 European windstorm
Windstorm Andrea on January 7. The storm has been proposed as displaying a Sting jet. In the late hours of January 1, Met Éireann issued a national severe
Cyclone_Ulli
2002 European windstorm
Swedish island of Gotland 24 hours later. Jeanett developed features of a sting jet as it crossed Britain. Jeanett was preceded by a period of high winds
Cyclone_Jeanett
Type of whirlwind
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Steam_devil
British meteorologist
reflected in the range of her work and includes convective clouds, mesoscale ‘sting jets’ in extreme windstorms, extratropical and tropical cyclones, polar lows
Suzanne_Gray
60-mile-per-hour (97 km/h) gust at Boeing Field in Seattle. It was related to a sting jet weather phenomenon, according to some meteorologists. Late March – Jeff
2025_in_Washington_(state)
Tropical cyclone with a symmetrical shape
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Annular_tropical_cyclone
European windstorm in 2013
of winds has been identified by meteorologists as potentially being a sting jet, an area where wind speeds are enhanced by cooled air rapidly descending
St._Jude_storm
Type of Pacific seasonal cyclone
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Kona_storm
Regional meteorological term
sudden cut off in the jet stream takes place (particularly on the Atlantic Ocean), a pocket of cold air detaches from the main jet stream, moving southward
Cold_drop
Type of mesoscale convective system
warm air advection into the formation environment by a southerly low-level jet stream (wind maximum), strong moisture advection which increases the relative
Mesoscale_convective_complex
20 m/s. This effect is associated with the descent to the ground of the Sting jet. "Slantwise convection". Meteorology Glossary. American Meteorological
Conditional symmetric instability
Conditional_symmetric_instability
Although being affected by strong wind shear to its north due to a subtropical jet caused by the presence of a frontal system nearby, it further intensified
List of South Atlantic tropical and subtropical cyclones
List_of_South_Atlantic_tropical_and_subtropical_cyclones
Cloud and precipitation structure
perpendicular to the front's orientation due to the formation of a low-level barrier jet. Bands of thunderstorms can form with sea breeze and land breeze boundaries
Rainband
Type of storm system in southern US
northeast on a path towards the Great Lakes region, as the southwesterly jet streams are most prevalent, usually affecting the Midwestern United States
Panhandle_hook
1000-km-order method of measuring weather systems
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Synoptic_scale_meteorology
Semi-permanent low-pressure system located near the Aleutian Islands
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Aleutian_Low
Complex of thunderstorms organized on a larger scale
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Mesoscale_convective_system
Tornadoes that spin in the opposite direction of normal tornadoes
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Anticyclonic_tornado
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October 2022 Southern Ocean cyclone
October_2022_Southern_Ocean_cyclone
Extratropical storm over north India
western disturbances are embedded in the mid-latitude subtropical westerly jet stream. Western disturbances, specifically the ones in winter, bring moderate
Western_disturbance
Late autumn wind on the Great Lakes
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November_gale
Cyclonic storm with tropical and extratropical characteristics
for convection. When the next shortwave or upper-level jet streak (wind maximum within the jet stream) moves nearby, the convection reignites closer to
Subtropical_cyclone
Meteorological phenomenon
levels of the troposphere is "cut off" from the primary westerly winds of the jet stream. They are formed when a trough in the upper-air flow pinches off and
Cut-off_low
Municipality in Centro, Portugal
"Subtropical Storm ALPHA". nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 18 September 2020. "STING JET ASSOCIADO AO LESLIE". ipma.pt (in Portuguese). 14 October 2018. Retrieved
Figueira_da_Foz
Weather phenomenon off the California coast
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North_Pacific_High
NFL team in New York, New York
Jake (November 10, 2020). "Bill Belichick somehow makes infamous Jets resignation sting worse". New York Post. Archived from the original on November 11
New_York_Jets
2014 European windstorm
Shapiro-Keyser model, displaying frontal fracture. The storm developed a Sting jet. Tini brought hurricane-force winds to areas of Ireland, Wales and England
Cyclone_Tini
Type of extratropical cyclone
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Pacific_Northwest_windstorm
Low pressure area weather system common to North America
occupies that region in winter. The storm then moves east-southeast riding the jet stream, and passes off the upper Atlantic Coast, normally north of Delaware
Alberta_clipper
Broad rainy season low-pressure system
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Central_American_gyre
Extremely persistent anticyclone over the Pacific Ocean
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Ridiculously_Resilient_Ridge
1999 American contract case
flying to school in a McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II vertical take off jet aircraft, valued at $37.4 million at the time, which could be redeemed for
Leonard_v._Pepsico,_Inc.
Dramatic increase in a tropical cyclone's strength
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Rapid_intensification
Weather radar formation
complex (MCC) Mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) and mesolow Rear-inflow jet (RIJ) Glickman, Todd S., ed. (2000). Glossary of Meteorology (2nd ed.). American
Line_echo_wave_pattern
Persistent cold-core low-pressure area that circles one of the poles
mid-latitudes may push poleward, moving the polar vortex, jet stream, and polar front equatorward. The jet stream is seen to "buckle" and deviate south. This
Polar_vortex
Powerful storm in northern Europe in 2005
2010 and 2014 elections. Cyclone Anatol Cyclone Per European windstorm Sting jet Wetter map met.fu-berlin.de Wetter map met.fu-berlin.de "Gudrun - Januaristormen
Cyclone_Gudrun
Development or strengthening of cyclonic circulation in the atmosphere
wave or an upper-level trough, near a favorable quadrant of the upper-level jet. However, enhanced along-frontal stretching rates in the lower troposphere
Cyclogenesis
extratropical cyclone which was the worst to impact Cornwall in recent decades. A sting jet was probable, which could have caused 99 miles per hour (159 km/h) being
List_of_European_windstorms
Large central area of thunderstorms surrounding its circulation center
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Central_dense_overcast
Type of cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere
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Australian region tropical cyclone
Australian_region_tropical_cyclone
2012 Extratropical cyclone in Arctic
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Great_Arctic_Cyclone_of_2012
Tropical cyclone having formed in the South Pacific Ocean
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South Pacific tropical cyclone
South_Pacific_tropical_cyclone
Weather phenomenon off the Peru and northern Chile coasts
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South_Pacific_High
Weather phenomenon in Northern Italy
between land and sea. Interaction between the polar front jet stream and the subtropical jet stream. Effect of northerly flow over the Alps, enhancing
Genoa_low
Smaller tornado that orbits around a larger parent tornado
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Satellite_tornado
Category 3 Atlantic hurricane
result of extratropical processes producing a wind maximum akin to a sting jet, which would not be indicative of Humberto's true strength as a tropical
Hurricane_Humberto_(2019)
Hurricane-like storms in the Mediterranean Sea
Claudb (10 November 2011). "Tropical transition of a Mediterranean storm by jet crossing" (PDF). Royal Meteorological Society. Retrieved 22 November 2017
Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone
Mediterranean_tropical-like_cyclone
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South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclone
South-West_Indian_Ocean_tropical_cyclone
Low air pressure area in the Atlantic Ocean
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Icelandic_Low
Phenomenon in Rio de la Plata, South America
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Sudestada
Small-scale, short-lived depression over certain ocean areas
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Polar_low
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