Posted on 03/11/2023 8:32:45 PM PST by upchuck
A second atmospheric river is on its way to California, just as the state contends with a levee breach, evacuations and other damage from this week's winter storm.
The next atmospheric river — a long, narrow band of moisture drawn from the tropics — is forecast for Monday, and could be more powerful than the last.
California has been inundated by the latest front. In Oroville, north of Sacramento, a swift water rescue team helped two people stranded on an island in the Feather River get to safety. In the Central Coast, river flooding in Atascadero and Paso Robles was widely feared.
Residents of parts of Monterey County woke up to urgent flood warnings and orders to move out after a levee was breached around midnight by the rain-swollen waters of the Pajaro River, county officials said.
California National Guard troops and Monterey County sheriff's and fire first responders helped residents in flooded neighborhoods evacuate to higher ground Saturday.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
“Atmospheric river.”
I suppose a tornado is an “atmospheric wormhole.”
>> I suppose a tornado is an “atmospheric wormhole.”
ROFL! Good observation.
Such drama those warmism types embrace.
That's how I think; that's how I roll.
“Cry Me A River”
The Pineapple Express keeps derailing in California
Can’t happen to a more deserving state based on their masively corrupt govts, although IL, MI and NY are right up there contenders.
Aka pineapple express or a bering sea express neither one is fun at all.
We got a little rain last night in my part of Florida.
Rain has been below average around here.
Oh no. An ATMOSPHERIC RIVER!!!!!!!!
Aka clouds.
The LA River provisions indicate flooding has long been possible in CA.
Just think of all the water we could save with our new reservoirs....what?...oh...
Better tax and regulate it.
From The National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration”
https://scijinks.gov/atmospheric-river/
“...Atmospheric rivers are regions of the atmosphere
carrying water vapor from the warm, moist air of tropics
until they drop the water over cooler regions as rain or snow.
They are about 250 miles wide and about 1,000 miles long.
If you hear your meteorologist mention an atmospheric river,
you can expect lots of rain or snow in the forecast.
Atmospheric rivers are fairly common in winter in the Western U.S.
In fact, just a few atmospheric river events each year
cause up to half of the annual precipitation on the West Coast...”
I first heard the term “atmospheric river” in 2023.
Used to be called the Pineapple Express but that doesn’t sound scary enough to generate the proper fear.
I talked to some farmers this morning, and it was not good.
It will all be lost, as the liberal Calif gov has no idea how to harvest all that free water.
Snow up high that will feed the Colorado river and other states is the best to hope for.
I call it clickbait meteorological terms.
Gotta generate those clicks
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