While the Upper Ohio Valley is no stranger to heavy rainfall and flooding, the conditions that have been in place over the past couple of days have supercharged the atmosphere to produce some ...

What Exactly Is an Atmospheric River? Think of atmospheric rivers as narrow regions in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, with the average one carrying an amount roughly equivalent to the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The term “atmospheric river” refers to a long plume of water vapor emanating from the subtropics. An atmospheric river is not a storm, but instead behaves like a fire hose that ...

National Weather Service meteorologists are monitoring a phenomenon developing over the Pacific Ocean that will slam the West Coast by the weekend. Portions of California and the Pacific Northwest are ...

As the atmospheric water harvesting industry looks to scale up, it faces challenges, opportunities and ethical conundrums.

The low-latitude highlands region of southwestern China experienced two major climate events in recent years: a severe drought in 2009–2010 and an extreme heat wave in 2019. Though both sprang from ...

The Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program joins forces with research programs across the world to improve forecasts of extreme weather events “We know that better measurements of atmospheric rivers ...

Atmospheric rivers get talked about a lot during winter in California -- and for good reason. The invisible rivers in the sky play a significant role in how much rain the state receives and can ...

May help Saturday’s rain chance ...

The warming climate has not lead to an expected increase in atmospheric moisture over arid and semi-arid regions of the world. The finding, which has surprised scientists, indicates that some regions ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A strong winter storm is bringing heavy rain and strong winds at times to Southern California from Wednesday to Friday through an atmospheric river known as the 'Pineapple ...