Atmospheric Rivers 101

Atmospheric Rivers are bands of water vapor in the sky, sometimes a few thousand miles long, bringing winter moisture to the west coast of North America and delivering it all the way to the Rocky Mountains. The Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes flies research planes above these storms all winter tracking the details and forecasting the coming storm and this episode hosts their director to learn about Atmospheric Rivers.

The River Radius Podcast · Marty Ralph, UCSD, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes