Early weather forecasts suggested California may see a super-soaking atmospheric river this week. Last week's forecast doesn't hold. Meteorologists are no longer using that label to describe the system that's bringing a chance of rain to the Golden State Tuesday through Sunday.
Early weather forecasts suggested California may see a super-soaking atmospheric river this week. Last week's forecast doesn't hold. Meteorologists are no longer using that label to describe the system that's bringing a chance of rain to the Golden State Tuesday through Sunday. “It’s not an atmospheric river ,” said Brian Garcia, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. 'This is a classic Gulf of Alaska low.
' This means the storm will be dropping down from the Gulf Alaska, rather than pulling in moisture from the subtropics, the southern Pacific Ocean that includes the Hawaiian Islands. 'That area of low pressure and the associated moisture and energy is coming from over a big area of high-pressure that’s over the central Pacific,' Garcia said. 'Eventually, this system is going to get far enough south that it could tap into some sub-tropical moisture and even then I would never classify this as an atmospheric river.' Along with the change in the type of storm has come a drop in rainfall totals, especially for Northern California's northwest corne
California Weather Forecast Atmospheric River Storm Gulf Of Alaska Rainfall
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