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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 ...

In the Pacific Northwest, it’s been a messy few days. Surges of wind and moisture battered local ski resorts as an atmospheric river passed through. Fickle freezing levels presented the risk of rain, ...

The Powderchasers Brief: Heavy snow developed Monday night and continues to pound the northern PNW on Tuesday. The last chair on Tuesday will likely be measured in feet. Strong winds and gusts near 60 ...

The weather impacts are associated with an atmospheric river that arrived over the weekend. An NWS weather map shows all alerts issued in the Northwestern U.S. for an ongoing atmospheric river.

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 ...

An atmospheric river is forecast to bring 1 to 2 inches of rain in the Willamette Valley and 3 to 5 inches in the surrounding mountains with warm temperatures that will also lead to snowmelt.

The Seattle area will be soaked with up to an inch of rain by Monday as an atmospheric river settles over Western Washington. Gusty winds will accompany it for good measure. The Cascade and ...

A soggy weather phenomenon known as an "atmospheric river" will be responsible for the warm and continuous rainfall. This long, narrow plume of moisture stretches all the way back into the sub ...

An atmospheric river will bring periods of heavy rainfall and wind over parts of western Washington through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall will be heaviest over the ...