An atmospheric river is forecasted to bring days of rain and heavy winds to the West Coast. Here’s an explanation of what the meteorological phenomenon is.
After a brief lull on Wednesday, forecasters expect heavy rainfall and winds to resume on Thursday and linger through the weekend.
"We've had an atmospheric river that just ended recently produced a lot of heavy precipitation," Oravec said."As we go forward over the next week, it looks like we're going to have several more opportunities for additional atmospheric rivers to affect the West Coast."of rainfall from Thursday to Saturday, with the highest numbers along the coast and over mountains.
"We may end up with over 15 inches of total precipitation over the next week or so, especially over the Sierra and parts of northern California," Oravec said."It's going to make somewhat of a dent to the prolonged drought they are experiencing."
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