To better understand and forecast atmospheric rivers, “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft from the U.S. Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron have begun flights over the Pacific Ocean ...

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 ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon from the Pacific Ocean that can wreak havoc ... 'atmospheric river,' is very fitting," Kalansky told CBS 8 in an interview ...

In 2010, an atmospheric river fed into a storm taking aim at the U.S. Mid-Atlantic states, resulting in a "snowmageddon," The Weather Channel reported.. And it says atmospheric rivers often make ...

An atmospheric river scale that assesses the strength and impacts of atmospheric rivers, from 1 to 5, was developed by F. Martin Ralph, the director of Center for Western Weather and Water ...

Part of the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program, another of Scripps, involves launching radiosondes in different areas ...

An atmospheric river that hit Los Angeles in February 2024 caused mudslides and flooding, dumping months' worth of rain in a single day. Another one is headed to Southern California now.

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 ...

"An atmospheric river is literally a river of water vapor in the sky," Jason Cordeira, an atmospheric scientist with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Center for Western Weather and ...

Only if it falls as snow. 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 ...

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 ...