Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky. They ...

Rain totals will range from about 2 to 4 inches over the 3-day stretch from Wednesday to Friday with the heaviest accumulations in North County.

An atmospheric river is forecast to hit California early next week, bringing heavy rainfall as well as potential flooding and landslides, with the National Weather Service (NWS) issuing flood watches ...

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara found that atmospheric rivers in both hemispheres have moved approximately 6° to 10° closer to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego (THE CONVERSATION) Along the U.S. West ...

There has been a lot of talk about the term “atmospheric river” in the last month or so. Some feel the term is now being overused or even misused. So what is an atmospheric river? The term first ...

As the United States begins to recover from a week of severe weather that left dozens dead, more storms are already in the forecast. An atmospheric river began moving through California on Tuesday, ...

Another atmospheric river is forecast to drench the Bay Area beginning Tuesday evening and lasting through Christmas, ...

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In recent years, “atmospheric river” has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage. According to experts who study climate and weather, a couple reasons may explain ...