When you look at photographs of Earth from space, the planet looks like a blue marble, with patterns of clouds lying on the surface of the marble. It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, ...

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 tropics to northern latitudes.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — An intense storm is poised to bring strong rain, wind, cooler temperatures, and maybe even thunderstorms to San Diego as an atmospheric river sweeps across Southern ...

What is an atmospheric river? An atmospheric river is a narrow corridor of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere, often drawing moisture from tropical regions. When it moves over land, it can ...

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 ...

Have you ever tried to hold one of those inflatable beach balls under water? It's not easy. That's because a beach ball is buoyant due to the fact that it weighs less than the water it displaces when ...

Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture that extend across the Pacific to near Hawaii. When they hit land they can cause heavy rains and snow. Here’s a look at the phenomenon: Atmospheric rivers ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Over the last decade, weather experts have more frequently used a relatively new term to explain powerful storms from the Pacific Ocean that drop inches of rain across the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture ...