A Look at What California Storms Will Look Like In the Near Future California storms will start to look a little different in a warmer climate. For those living in West Coast states probably already know the term atmospheric river (AR events), but for a lot, this term might be new. Here is NOAA’s definition of an atmospheric river: Atmospheric rivers are relatively long, narrow regions in the atmosphere – like rivers in […] Weather Ryan Flynn | July 24, 2020 0 Comments
Where Did the Atmospheric Rivers that Brought all that March Snow to California Originate? Turns Out there’s Somebody who Tracks that These last few months it seems like we’ve constantly been told about more and more ‘atmospheric rivers‘, the likes of which brought feet and feet of snow to California in March, followed by torrential rain in April. Scripps Institution of Oceanography Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes tracks atmospheric river storms every year, and have compiled totals for this […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 4, 2018 0 Comments
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