A global effort to better understand moisture-laden rivers in the sky, like those currently battering the West Coast, will ...

Every week WAVE 3 meteorologist Tawana Andrew breaks down what we know and what we don't about the climate and weather here ...

The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of that intense pressure, materials can adopt unexpected structures and properties.

A unique weather situation is shaping up for late October. Here’s what an atmospheric river means and why it matters. An “atmospheric river” has been dubbed such by the field of meteorology and is a ...

The Puget Sound region is getting a dose of November weather in August. “We have a pretty strong and moist frontal system moving through, or you can also call it an atmospheric river,” Meteorologist ...

The daughter of former NOAA research scientist, Wenhao Dong, posed that exact question to her father when she was in first grade. “She was listening to the report about an atmospheric river over ...

Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Constant pressure charts illustrate the varying *height* of a specific constant pressure surface (e.g., 500 mb), contrasting with surface charts which depict varying *pressure* at a constant height ...

This story was updated to correct spelling in headline. An atmospheric phenomenon called a Pineapple Express is expected to bring heavy rains and snowfall to California and the Northwest this week.

Rainfall rates could reach more than 1 inch per hour on Tuesday. An atmospheric river is pounding Northern California with heavy rain and the threat of flooding before heading to Southern California.

A stronger atmospheric river is set to hit Northern California on Monday and then hit Los Angeles County on Tuesday, aiding hopes of a more definitive end to a devastating fire weather season for ...