The following is an excerpt from a recent article on the Weather West Blog.  California's extraordinary precipitation dipole has persisted into mid-Feb with only slight attenuation Well, it has ...

While most look for ways to avoid the steady rain falling from atmospheric rivers, some take advantage of the unwieldy ...

An atmospheric river is pushing through the Central Coast Thursday with heavy rain prompting many alerts across our ...

A powerful, atmospheric river-driven storm is hitting California today, bringing with it heavy rain, strong winds and feet of Sierra snow. The storm, which prompted a lengthy flood advisory for San ...

For the second time this year, Southern Californians are evacuating their homes as heavy rain threatens new destruction in ...

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...

An atmospheric river slammed into the Golden State overnight and is causing dangerous conditions across the entire region.

A atmospheric river is barreling into Southern California tonight, bringing 1.5 to 6 inches of rain and posing significant ...

The North Bay is slated to bear the brunt of the atmospheric river headed for the Bay. Though it will rain all weekend, the National Weather Service says the heavy rains come Monday and Tuesday ...

The term “atmospheric river” was coined in 1994 and has since quickly gained popularity. But what does it really mean?

The storm brought heavy rain and high-elevation snowfall to Northern California over the weekend, and a similar one is ...

What is a Pineapple Express? It's a type of atmospheric river that forms a long, narrow tract in the Earth’s atmosphere. This jet stream gathers moisture from the tropics near the equator and sweeps ...