An expert at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon that can wreak havoc across California.

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

Weather balloons and “hurricane hunter” planes aid the science of understanding California’s atmospheric rivers.

There's a place on Earth where lightning flashes almost every night—until, one day, it stopped. What causes the Catatumbo ...

Days after an atmospheric river brought record-setting rainfall to California, the state is in the crosshairs of another ...

The results suggest that atmospheric rivers can override traditional El Niño/La Niña predictions. During these anomalous years, just a few powerful atmospheric rivers could transform an expected ...

What's an Atmospheric River? A Pineapple Express ... bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting much of the moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes.

Weather researchers prepare to launch a radiosonde on a weather balloon into the sky Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, amid several waves of an atmospheric river that brought several inches of rain to the ...

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting ... Many atmospheric river events are weak.

What is an atmospheric river? Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting much of the moisture from the ...