Feb 11, 2025 · An atmospheric river has been forecast to hit California this week, with the National Weather Service (NWS) warning of the potential for flash flooding, debris flow, and significant mountain snow ...

Feb 12, 2025 · An atmospheric river that hit Los Angeles in February 2024 caused mudslides and flooding, dumping months' worth of rain in a single day. Another one is headed to Southern California now.

Feb 12, 2025 · Atmospheric river brings flooding areas devastated by wildfires in Southern California. An atmospheric river brought 2-8" of rain and multiple feet of snow to California since Wednesday evening. The rain prompted flooding across the state. Numerous roads were closed across northern California.

Feb 13, 2025 · Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting much of the moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes.

2 days ago · Atmospheric rivers are essentially moisture streams in the sky and are often visible from space as narrow bands stretching from the West Coast out across the Pacific.

Feb 1, 2025 · The atmospheric river could bring an increased risk of power outages, flooding in small streams and low-lying areas, and debris, rocks, and mudslides on roadways. Cal OES encourages residents to reduce injury risks by staying inside, not driving through flooded roadways, and preparing in advance for power outages.

Oct 14, 2024 · Meteorologists forecast that the first half of winter will produce atmospheric rivers in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California before the storms trek inward over the Rocky Mountains.

Feb 6, 2024 · A powerful atmospheric river-fueled storm is moving at an agonizingly slow pace across Southern California, directing a firehose of moisture at deluged cities for hours at a time.

Feb 4, 2024 · An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is slamming California, leading to more than 800,000 without power and the potential for “life-threatening” flooding and mudslides as it dumps heavy...

Feb 6, 2024 · The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers battered California, flooding roadways and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and prompting a rare warning for hurricane-force winds as the state braced for what could be days of heavy rains.

Feb 12, 2025 · An atmospheric river — the second to wallop the state in recent weeks — will bring 2 to 4 inches of rain to much of the California coast, with over 8 inches possible in some isolated areas ...

Jan 31, 2025 · After an extraordinarily dry start to the year, three atmospheric river storms are expected to hit California over the next week — with one of them potentially bringing much-needed moisture to...

Nov 17, 2024 · A “rather impressive system” is setting the stage for what could be California’s first atmospheric river storm of the season, the National Weather Service said Sunday.

Nov 18, 2024 · A strong and prolonged atmospheric river is expected to affect northwest California this week, with moderate to locally heavy rainfall bringing the potential for rapid rises in rivers, streams...

Atmospheric rivers are associated with some of the largest flood-producing precipitation events in western North America, particularly California. Insight into past extreme precipitation can be reconstructed from sedimentary archives on millennial timescales.

Jan 30, 2024 · California experienced a historic run of nine consecutive atmospheric rivers in the span of three weeks in December 2022 and January 2023. The storms helped bring most reservoirs back to...

Feb 5, 2024 · California is ideally located for atmospheric rivers, as extratropical cyclones formed over the North Pacific Ocean can tap into warm tropical air and, when positioned right, transport a large amount of water vapor from the tropics to the California coast.

Feb 7, 2024 · California is in the grips of an atmospheric river that's causing flooding all over the state. Climate change might be intensifying storms like it — but scientists are still working out the...

Jan 11, 2023 · California has been hit by repeated storms fueled by torrents of moisture called atmospheric rivers that will only intensify in a warming climate. In an aerial view, cars are submerged in...

Feb 12, 2025 · According to NOAA, the Pineapple Express is a narrow region of atmospheric moisture that builds up in the tropical Pacific. The well-known example of a strong atmospheric river gets its name ...