DWR: Where have all the rainstorms gone? Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News February 20, 2018by Jeanine Jones, DWR We’re hearing this question frequently, and it’s not surprising given California’s dry winter to date. We’d...
USGS: California’s climate future suggests more volatility and a key role for atmospheric rivers USGS Science September 13, 2017Two recently published studies investigating past and future precipitation in California demonstrate that the state is experiencing an increasingly volatile...
USGS DATA SPOTLIGHT: Linking atmospheric rivers to wildfire patterns in the Southwest USGS News March 1, 2017New dataset and publication identify link between atmospheric rivers and wildfire in the interior Southwest. By the USGS Climate Adaptation...
NASA/JPL: Study: Atmospheric river storms can reduce Sierra snow NASA/JPL News March 2, 2016A new study finds atmospheric river storms are 2.5 times more likely than other types of winter storms to cause...
NASA/JPL: California ‘rain debt’ equal to average full year of precipitation NASA/JPL News July 30, 2015A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015....
California Weather Blog: Northern California rain at times this week; amplified North Pacific ridge to return? Maven Press Release/Other February 14, 2014 248From the California Weather Blog: ” … While the recent atmospheric river did bring much-needed precipitation to parts of Northern...
Marty Ralph: Atmospheric rivers, drought, and the new Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes Maven Notebook News and Features February 10, 2014 779Dr. Marty Ralph is the director of the new Center for Western Water and Water Extremes, as well as the...
Significant atmospheric river to bring heavy rain to Northern California this weekend Maven Press Release/Other February 7, 2014 358From the California Weather Blog: ““Heavy” and “rain” are not words that have been used in the same sentence for...
