A huge atmospheric river over the Gulf of Alaska ... to an Earth Observatory release. In the images, taken on September 22 by the Suomi NPP Satellite’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer ...

Here’s the satellite view of what’s called an atmospheric river. There is a low pressure system over the Pacific Ocean that is affecting the West Coast. GOES-W satellite shows the defined ...

That's part of an "atmospheric river" that could bring up to 16 inches ... such as air over warm ocean waters. Satellite footage captured from space showed the bomb cyclone swirling off the ...

The atmospheric river is expected to bring heavy rain and warmer temperatures to Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington, KOIN 6 Meteorologist Josh Cozart says. Thursday’s satellite images ...

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An atmospheric river is a weather feature that can be ... These thin ribbons of humid air can be identified and tracked in satellite imagery and computer model forecasts. The term was first ...

A color-enhanced satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the "bomb cyclone" and atmospheric river that are bringing wet conditions to California on Wednesday ...

It reveals the distinctive comma-shaped clouds of the extratropical cyclone and the atmospheric river that will continue to douse the region through Friday. But moreover, the satellite image ...

A dangerous storm stretching 1,000 miles along the Eastern Seaboard will bring torrential rain to the Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday.

Here’s the satellite view of what’s called an atmospheric river. “While atmospheric rivers can vary greatly in size and ...

Atmospheric rivers aren’t actual rivers, of course, but it’s a pretty good description of a feature that resembles a river on satellite imagery and can bring torrents of water to unlucky ...