Until the last few years, forecasters had to rely solely on satellites and forecast models for forecasting atmospheric rivers, which can become very muddy without truly knowing what’s happeni…
By Jennifer Gray | CNN Meteorologist
“Atmospheric rivers can span the whole Pacific. They are long and narrow, but they’re way larger than hurricanes,”They are crucial to the West Coast. Half the rain and snow the West gets comes from atmospheric rivers, which are plumes of moisture coming in from the Pacific Ocean. And they cross an area with very few observation sites, making them challenging to forecast.
“With the dropsondes released by the hurricane hunters, we get profiles of moisture, temperature, winds, in the lower part of the atmosphere, which are really critical for understanding the atmospheric river’s structure,” Wilson said. Mansour is a seasoned veteran of the hurricane hunters. He says the ride might be a little less bumpy for the atmospheric rivers, but the mission is the same.
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