Meteorologist Cliff Mass says the Seattle area will be hit with a “significant atmospheric river event,” bringing especially heavy precipitation to the mountains and South Sound areas through ...

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Here’s a look at the phenomenon: WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? Atmospheric rivers are ... Newell of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Atmospheric rivers are often referred to as ARs.

“It’s a rare opportunity to directly link such an event to Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance and dynamics.” The ice core section revealed that the atmospheric river had brought 16 ...