This is our first atmospheric river of 2023 for western Washington. It brings copious rainfall with the highest amount of rain to be added up over the Olympic Peninsula.

An analysis from the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes earlier this year found that a total of 51 atmospheric river systems made landfall over the West Coast between October 2023 and ...

Not all atmospheric river events are bad. In fact, AR event levels 1 and 2 are considered mostly beneficial rains and are much needed across the western US to build water supply levels.

by Jonathan Thompson, High Country News March 30, 2023 This is an installment of the Landline, a fortnightly newsletter from High Country News about land, water, wildlife, climate and conservation in ...

An atmospheric river is a plume of moisture that helps carry saturated ... In the western US, ... • In the winter of 2023, a series of atmospheric rivers sent an unprecedented amount of moisture ...

Water gushes down Lockridge Road during an atmospheric river, Feb. 5, 2024, in Studio City, California. Forecasters are predicting heavy rain, snow and strong winds across the West Coast.

The eastern half of the US also experiences atmospheric rivers, with moisture pulled from the Gulf of Mexico. “Atmospheric rivers are more frequent on the East Coast than they are on the West ...

The Western United States and Canada are likely to see excessive rain and heavy snowfall from a sequence of back-to-back atmospheric rivers beginning this weekend and continuing into next week.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, atmospheric rivers are responsible for about 50 percent of the West Coast's annual water supply and ended three-quarters of droughts in the region ...

Multiple atmospheric rivers are expected to roll across the northwestern US over the next few days, bringing heavy rain, feet of snow and strong winds. In total, more than half a dozen western ...