Atmospheric rivers are like rivers in the sky, and a new study forecasts a dramatic increase in these events over Antarctica.

“The atmospheric rivers, or super concentrated bands of precipitation, are in the jet stream, and the Scripps agency wants a sampling from the entire Pacific to go into their models,” Swindall ...

Scripps scientists at the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes are working to improve atmospheric river forecasts because the seasonal frequency is almost impossible to predict. “We ...

Part of the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program, another of Scripps, involves launching radiosondes in different areas of the state, collecting information to predict better the structure and ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon from the Pacific Ocean that can wreak havoc across California.

Part of the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program, another of Scripps, involves launching radiosondes in different areas of the state, collecting information to predict better the structure and ...

Researchers with UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography are launching weather balloons in Tacoma, Washington to see the impact of the storm up north and also in Marysville to study the ...

A 2016 study by NASA, NOAA, UCLA, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that atmospheric river events are 2.5 times more likely to produce "rain over snow" events, or rain falling on ...

A resident looks over a flooded road on November 22, 2024, in Forestville, California. A powerful atmospheric river brought heavy rains and wind to the San Francisco Bay Area for several days.

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.