Category 1 (weak): A Category 1 atmospheric river would be a milder and briefer weather event with primarily beneficial effects, like 24 hours of modest rainfall.

A wind advisory is also in effect for coastal areas from 3 p.m. Monday to early Tuesday morning, with gusts of up to 50 mph in the forecast. The storm, part of an atmospheric river, arrived with ...

This process will create a vacuum-like effect, drawing in intense winds and rain for an atmospheric river. "The main impacts from the atmospheric river event in the East today will be in the form ...

California is enduring the effects of an atmospheric river, a meteorological phenomenon where converging air systems funnel wet air into a long, riverine flow that dumps large amounts of rain when ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Another atmospheric river storm is barreling toward the Bay Area this week, bringing “excessive rainfall” that could lead to flooding, the National Weather Service ...

In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage. According to experts who study climate and weather, a few reasons may explain why.

A stronger atmospheric river is set to hit Northern California on Monday and then hit L.A. County on Tuesday, aiding hopes of helping end a devastating fire season.

Atmospheric river hitting West with rain, snow; yet another storm on the way. Heavy precipitation is falling mostly in mountain areas. A flood watch in also in effect for the coast of central ...

While the West Coast will feel the soggy effects of an atmospheric river this week, the system won’t bring any moisture into drought-stricken Arizona.

A powerful atmospheric river storm that drenched the North Bay for two days in a row and set rainfall records moved south Friday, bringing steady rain starting around midday that was expected to ...

At atmospheric river continues to slam portions of California Tuesday, ... A Flood Watch is in effect for the Bay Area and Central Coast until 4 a.m. local time Wednesday, ...