Expect that term to be retconned. The left does this all the time, I think this is actually a form of gaslighting that they do.
Polar Vortex, now Atmospheric River. When normal people point out this is a new term, they’ll point to these supposedly old articles on the internet, containing the term, that nobody ever seen before, but have dates that are indeed pretty old.
Then the normal person is supposed to feel uneducated and dumb, because you didn’t know about the term Atmospheric River. Because the deep state published a bunch of ‘old’ articles while you were asleep. I mean, how hard is it to just put a date on an article that’s old? Faking stuff is easy. They are masters of it, especially hate crimes.
The days of describing weather changes exclusively as seasons, fronts, and storms is over. The term “atmospheric river” comes from more detailed satellite imagery and data models that make it possible to project that relatively thin filaments of atmospheric moisture will lead to precipitation in some places but not in others nearby. Blame the popularity of that and other new and flamboyant weather terms not on the Left but on meteorologists trying to explain to the public what is happening in the skies in greater detail.
I guarantee we will soon see this term become commonplace on local weather reports all over the country.
Uttered by “bubble-headed bleach blondes with a gleam in their eye”.
Many of the terms have been used in meteorology for decades so they were not developed for scare tactics.
However, the LSM just loves the fear porn and the ratings it provides and throws these terms around willy nilly for sensationalism.
NOAA and the NWS have no control how their terminology is co-opted and abused.