The Hurricane Hunters spend three months flying over Pacific storms to fill critical data gaps as atmospheric rivers pummel the West Coast.

A short-range X-Band radar is installed on Rocky Ridge in western Contra Costa County, California on December 8, 2022. It’s one of six new radars that form the foundation for a forecast system ...

Hoping to collect more information about the biggest, wettest storms that soak California each year — filling reservoirs and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — This coming winter, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) “Hurricane Hunters” are basing a high-altitude jet in Portland to fly atmospheric rivers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A “strong atmospheric river” has started dumping rain in Northern California, according to the Center for Western Weather and ...

Atmospheric rivers are massive plumes of moisture carried across the sky that can dump heavy rains or snow over land. Atmospheric rivers generally form in tropical regions, where warm temperatures can ...

Atmospheric rivers may be associated with wet winter storms on the West Coast of North America, but these ribbons of water vapor in the sky are a global phenomenon. They can end droughts or destroy ...

The Snohomish River is expected to reach major flood stage by Friday night, continuing into Saturday morning, in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a series of back-to-back atmospheric rivers hammered the West Coast in December 2025, the storms killed at least five people, ...