The West Coast's rainy season has arrived in force, as an atmospheric river carrying moisture from the tropics joins a bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast. Heavy, wet snow began falling ...

From space, it looks almost elegant: a narrow plume cascading off the Pacific Ocean, spilling gently over the California coast. But from the ground, it looks like trouble: flash flooding ...

Typical atmospheric rivers carry a volume of water vapor equivalent to the average flow at the mouth of the Mississippi River, according to the NWS. However, strong systems like this can transport ...

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 few reasons may explain why.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Like a truly unwanted guest, an intensifying sub-tropical atmospheric river was now expected to arrive early, crashing into Northern California on Thursday afternoon. The strength ...

Tuesday looks like a rare, ... An atmospheric river will bring downpours, heavy mountain snow and strong winds to the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West through the weekend.

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. While one atmospheric river is still pumping rain toward California, another storm is waiting in the wings.

When atmospheric river moisture could return to California. ... SATURDAY IT LOOKS LIKE THE SNOW LEVEL GOES ABOVE LAKE LEVEL AND ABOVE PASS LEVEL FOR 80 AND FOR 50. SO FOR NOW, ...

While most look for ways to avoid the steady rain falling from atmospheric rivers, some take advantage of the unwieldy weather patterns to improve forecasts and to help control, and ultimately ...

In northern California an atmospheric river looks to develop for more serious rainfall, it doesn’t appear at this time that the Central Coast will get a direct hit from that but we will still ...

The West Coast’s rainy season has arrived in force, as an atmospheric river carrying moisture from the tropics joins a bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast. Heavy, wet snow began falling ...