Northern Nevada and the eastern side of the Sierra are expected to see rain and snow midweek and into the weekend. The ...

A "bomb cyclone" is forecast to intensify an atmospheric river and bring snow to the northern Sierra Nevada starting on Tuesday, with heavy rain expected along the West Coast.

In the northern Sierra Nevada, snow will fall in feet — not inches. And in the Northern California Coastal Range, a general 5 to 10 inches of rain is expected to fall.

A series of three back-to-back atmospheric rivers is set to batter the West Coast in the next several days, dumping up to 10 feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada and flooding rains at lower elevations.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, atmospheric rivers typically stretch 250 to 375 miles wide and can be more than 1,000 miles long.NASA projects that as the ...

A stronger atmospheric river is set to hit Northern California on Monday and then hit L.A. County on Tuesday, aiding hopes of helping end a devastating fire season.

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According to NOAA, a strong atmospheric river can carry an equivalent of 7 to 15 times the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Colorado, Nevada, Utah, ...

At atmospheric river continues to slam portions of California Tuesday, ... with 3 to 6+ inches for the Sierra Nevada foothills," the NWS said Tuesday.

February brought the first atmospheric river of the winter into the Sierra, and while the storm system improved conditions significantly it has not produced enough snow to recover from Nevada’s ...

An atmospheric river is a long, narrow band of moisture that oftentimes comes ahead of a storm system. It's a big source of moisture for the Western U.S. and, specifically, the Sierra Nevada and ...