Until recently, they were thought only to exacerbate Arctic ice loss. But in March 2022, an intense atmospheric river delivered 16 billion tons of snow to Greenland. That was enough snow to offset the ...

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California's water storage capacity falls short, unable to capture excess water from recent atmospheric rivers. Only 4% of 5.1 million acre-feet flowing into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta could be ...

The absence of atmospheric rivers can result in drought ... with the Department of Water Resources and the California Nevada River Forecast Center to see where the CW3E research might help in ...

In the Pacific Northwest, it’s been a messy few days. Surges of wind and moisture battered local ski resorts as an atmospheric river passed through. Fickle freezing levels presented the risk of rain, ...

The weather impacts are associated with an atmospheric river that arrived over the weekend. An NWS weather map shows all alerts issued in the Northwestern U.S. for an ongoing atmospheric river.

A set of striking photographs from 50 years ago recall the lost world of River Tyne shipbuilding and a Tyneside industrial town in a state of transition. What makes the pictures especially ...

An atmospheric river is forecast to bring 1 to 2 inches of rain in the Willamette Valley and 3 to 5 inches in the surrounding mountains with warm temperatures that will also lead to snowmelt.

The Seattle area will be soaked with up to an inch of rain by Monday as an atmospheric river settles over Western Washington. Gusty winds will accompany it for good measure. The Cascade and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The highly anticipated atmospheric river arrives in Portland on Saturday afternoon and continues through the start of next week. A relatively dry start to Saturday will ...

A soggy weather phenomenon known as an "atmospheric river" will be responsible for the warm and continuous rainfall. This long, narrow plume of moisture stretches all the way back into the sub ...