A long stretch of humid heat followed by intense thunderstorms is a weather pattern historically seen mostly in and around ...

The atmospheric river battering the West Coast is expected to deliver another round of snow before the system moves out.

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

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.

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 ...

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

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, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Flooding rains and lingering storm impacts come as the atmospheric river that hit the Pacific Northwest this week will make another visit to the region next week. Rainfall ...

It’s been relatively dry in Seattle and western Washington for the first half of this week, but dry periods are about to become few and far between, with several atmospheric rivers on their way to ...

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NCAR’s scientists — who study wildfires, air pollution, and ocean currents — have been protecting Americans for decades. From ...