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Atmospheric River events begins Sunday
Some spotty showers have popped up across western Washington throughout the day with tonight ending on a rather quiet note. A late-season atmospheric river event starts to enter the region early Sunday. With the heaviest rain falling Sunday night into Monday morning we have a Pinpoint Alert Day for both days. From Sunday to Tuesday […]
Atmospheric river to bring heavy rain to Oregon before temperatures spike toward 90s
Oregon is forecast to see some wild weather swings between very wet and very hot over the coming week as summer gets underway with a bang. ‘Atmospheric river’ to hammer valley, mountains The National Weather Service expects 1 to 1.5 inches of rain in the Willamette Valley, and 2 to 3 inches in the mountains, […]
Significant late-season atmospheric river to drench Western Washington
SEATTLE – Western Washington is bracing for a significant atmospheric river event set to bring heavy rainfall and potentially strong winds from Sunday night through Tuesday. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Seattle has forecasted widespread rain, with most areas having at least a 50% chance of receiving over an inch of rain from Sunday […]
La Niña is coming, raising the chances of a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season – an atmospheric scientist explains this climate phenomenon
One of the big contributors to the record-breaking global temperatures over the past year – El Niño – is nearly gone, and its opposite, La Niña, is on the way. Whether that’s a relief or not depends in part on where you live. Above-normal temperatures are still forecast across the U.S. in summer 2024. And […]
Video shows atmospheric research plane, not geoengineering
Posts sharing a video of a Cessna plane claim it shows evidence of geoengineering and suggest this is a factor in climate change. This is misleading — the aircraft shown in the clip is equipped for atmospheric research, experts told AFP, and the company operating it conducts “cloud seeding” projects that do not have the […]
California’s coveted coastal cliffs eroding in atmospheric rivers
By Jorge Garcia SAN CLEMENTE, California (Reuters) – The views of the Pacific Ocean from Alan Ashavi’s cliff-top property are breathtaking, but underneath lurks a danger to the dream home he has been building for the last 12 years. When the first round of atmospheric rivers battered the California coastline last year, several of his […]
How is snow made? An atmospheric scientist describes the journey of frozen ice crystals from clouds to the ground
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How is snow made? – Tenley, age 7, Rockford, Michigan The thought of snow can conjure up images of powdery slopes, days out of school or hours of shoveling. For […]
Why are flights delayed in Phoenix? What California’s new atmospheric river means for fliers
Relief from California’s stormy February isn’t in sight yet. The state is experiencing heavy rain and flooding thanks to another atmospheric river weather phenomenon that has triggered flood alerts and tornado warnings. Those conditions are affecting flights at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. As of 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, 186 flights out of Sky […]
Another stormy week for California as two atmospheric rivers to bring heavy rainfall
Another stormy week is expected for California as two atmospheric rivers hit the state late Friday through Wednesday, bringing more heavy rainfall to the region. The first storm system arrives Saturday in Northern California, bringing heavy rain from Eureka to Santa Rosa. Flood watches have been issued across the region. Up to an inch of […]
Atmospheric river storms are getting stronger, and deadlier. The race to understand them is on
The storm raged over California for more than five days. As the powerful atmospheric river made landfall, furious winds and torrential downpours ripped trees from their roots, turned streets into rivers and sent mud cascading into homes. Along with chaos, the storm brought opportunity. Scientists were ready, on land and in-flight, to deploy instruments that […]
State of emergency declared as atmospheric river brings ‘potentially historic’ flood threat
Waves crash over a breakwater in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday. (Noah Berger/AP) Scientists are saying that climate change and El Niño, a climate pattern caused by the warming of the Pacific Ocean, are the culprits for the extreme weather that California is experiencing this winter. Here’s what USA Today reported: Multiple weather phenomena are conspiring […]