Monthly Archives: January 2017

17-22 January Significant Precipitation for the West Coast

Posted on January 23, 2017 by dbikos

The West Coast of the US experienced multiple storms between 17-22 January 2017 that resulted in substantial precipitation: Early in the period, an Atmospheric River with origins from the central tropical Pacific Ocean advected towards Washington, Oregon and northern California: … Continue reading →

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Post Atmospheric River Events in California, 011317

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Jorel Torres

As we all know there were two atmospheric river events that occurred in California in the past week and a half. Both atmospheric river events dumped large amounts of precipitation and snow to the state of California. There was a … Continue reading →

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Atmospheric River event of 7-9 January 2017

Posted on January 9, 2017 by dbikos

A significant atmospheric river affected the west coast on 7-9 January, 2017.  The GOES water vapor imagery shows the development of clouds associated with an approaching trough off the west coast, these clouds advected into the west coast: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/8jan17_wv&loop_speed_ms=80 and … Continue reading →

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