New research from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists finds that atmospheric rivers will increase ...

a postdoctoral scholar at Scripps and lead author of the study. “One or two atmospheric rivers can turn it into a wet year, but a weak atmospheric river season can turn it into a dry year. This means ...

The weather phenomena are common for California winters, but they could cause dangerous debris flows or mudslides in recently ...

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

Forecasters said it is expected to deliver about 2 inches of rain to most Bay Area cities Thursday and Friday, 3 to 5 inches ...

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

The landfall of a brewing atmospheric river can be predicted up to three weeks in advance (Scripps scientists at the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, or CW3E, are working to improve ...

Sometimes, the atmospheric river can also run up against other storms ... director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, a group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography that ...

But similar Scripps projects in other parts of the state have aided other reservoirs essential to water supply management. Part of the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program, another of Scripps ...