Sentences with phrase «moist atmospheric river»

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An Pineapple Express atmospheric river of moist, tropical air will help warm things up further.

While the ever - important caveat is that it would only take a couple of strong, moist storms (namely, an atmospheric river or two) to bolster our reservoir levels to a level adequate to get us through next summer, there is likely to be rapidly heightening concern in the coming months over possible water shortages in the medium and long term if the «rainy season» doesn't actually become rainy in pretty short order.

The 2012 - 2013 water year was especially remarkable because it began rather early with a series of very intense and moist storms associated with «atmospheric rivers» in Northern California during November but then quickly tapered off, with only light and sporadic precipitation falling for the remainder of the typical «rainy» season from mid-December through May.

On January 3 and 4, the first of two back - to - back atmospheric river storms (wide paths of moisture in the atmosphere composed of condensed water vapor), brought heavy rain and mountain snow to central California, ahead of an even more intense round of heavy precipitation brought by a powerful, long - duration atmospheric river storm pulling warm and moist air to California from the subtropical and equatorial region southeast of Hawaii.

The second storm, fueled by a powerful, long - duration atmospheric river funneling warm and moist air from southeast of Hawaii, hit central and northern California beginning late on January 7 and pushed major rivers past flood stage levels and drove extreme gusts, leading to power outages as well as rock and mudslides.