Western Washington can expect heavy rain this weekend and for the foreseeable future as La Niña continues to develop, ...

In fact, when it made landfall, this particular atmospheric river was what’s known as a Category 4 or 5 – 5 being the highest category there is. Category 5s are also known as “exceptional ...

Around this time of year, Seattle media loves to throw around a term that sounds ominous, demands urgency, and makes them sound like meteorological geniuses: “atmospheric river.” Don’t be ...

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Paul Pastelok, an AccuWeather senior meteorologist and long-range expert, told Newsweek that another strong atmospheric river winter could further improve California's water situation, as drought ...

A huge atmospheric river over the Gulf of Alaska. Image: Michala Garrison, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and data from ...

Two atmospheric-river events are expected to pass through Western Washington, he said. The first dose of precipitation will start Monday with light rain loads. The second, coming Tuesday into ...

If California's atmospheric river forecast proves true this winter, the state could have enough water to get through another dry summer. Last winter, the West Coast faced a slew of atmospheric ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast a mild winter for Texans, with warmer-than-usual ...

An earlier study I was involved in found that the trend in summertime atmospheric river activity may contribute 36% of the increasing trend in summer moisture over the entire Arctic since 1979.

A shift in atmospheric rivers can have big effects on local climates. Atmospheric rivers are long filaments of moisture that curve poleward. Several are visible in this satellite image. [Photo ...

Last winter—affected by El Niño—was the warmest on record in the U.S., with temperatures across the lower 48 states measuring ...