Rain-soaking atmospheric rivers are getting bigger, wetter and more frequent, study shows

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Study: Atmospheric Rivers Getting Stronger, More Frequent

It's not your imagination. You're hearing the term "atmospheric river," which was not a thing on weather reports a couple decades ago, much more often each year in part because these weather events are happening more often.Meteorologists have used other terms for the same phenomenon over time — tropical plume, Pineapple Express — and atmospheric rivers like the kind California sees most winters now have been around forever. (Read our primer on a…

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As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, a term of meteorology — atmospheric rivers — has made the transition from scientific circles to common language, particularly in places affected by them.

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Study shows California’s rain-soaking atmospheric rivers are getting bigger, wetter and more frequent

By SETH BORENSTEIN | Associated Press WASHINGTON — As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, one meteorology term — atmospheric rivers — has made the leap from scientific circles to common language, particularly in places that have been hit by them. That stands to reason. RELATED: Stormy weather is back in the Bay Area. Here is what to expect. The heavy rain and wind events most known for dousing California and other par…

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Rain-soaking atmospheric rivers are getting bigger, wetter and more frequent, study shows

A new study finds that atmospheric rivers have been getting bigger, wetter and more frequent in the past 45 years as the world warms.

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Study shows rain-soaking atmospheric rivers are getting bigger, wetter and more frequent

A new study finds that atmospheric rivers — the heavy rain and wind events most known for dousing California and other parts of the West — have been getting bigger, wetter and more frequent in the past 45 years as the world warms.

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Rain front hitting Italy, two more to follow - General News

A rainy front is hitting most of Italy at the moment and two others are set to follow on Friday and Saturday, weatherman Lorenzo Tedici said Wednesday, saying the wettest spell of this winter is now upon us. Tedici, a meteorologist at ILMeteo. (ANSA)