Jetstream Location MET

In the upperatmosphere, the air will want to move from warm areas (which has cause a relatively high pressure) to cold areas (which have a relatively low pressure.) Before it gets there, however, Coriolis bends it (either left or right, hemisphere dependent) and it remains in the warm air. This happens below the level of the tropopause.

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Where are jetstreams typically located?