Satellite imagery showed an atmospheric river from space as three states brace for 4-plus inches of rain later this week.. Multiple atmospheric rivers have hit California this winter, and another ...

A flooded street in Santa Barbara, California, is shown on February 4, 2024, exactly one year ago, as a potent atmospheric river storm, the second in less than a week, doused the region.

The atmospheric river in this satellite image will sag southward toward the Los Angeles area on Thursday. Rainfall rates are expected to peak between 0.5 and 1.0 inches per hour in most areas.

An "atmospheric river" is dumping a "pineapple express" upon the U.S. west coast, but no fruits are involved in this process. Heavy rain and snow are visible in Earth-gazing satellites on Thursday ...

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 ...

This is not the first atmospheric river to hit California recently. On the last day of December, a similar channel dumped a record-breaking 5.46 inches (14 centimeters) of rain on downtown San ...

As it spins, it draws in a robust plume of moisture, called an atmospheric river, from the Pacific Ocean. Atmospheric rivers are concentrated streams of water vapor about 100 to 250 miles wide in ...

That's part of an "atmospheric river" that could bring up to 16 inches of rain to areas of Northern California and southwest Oregon, the service said. Rock slides and debris flows are also probable.

A view from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES-West satellite on Nov. 19, 2024 shows the comma-shaped bomb cyclone on upper left, and the atmospheric river (horizontal band ...

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.

Satellite imagery captured an atmospheric river pummeling Northern California and the Pacific Northwest on Sunday. After a ...