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Atmospheric river meets bomb cyclone: The result is like a fire hose flailing out of control

  • Written by Chad Hecht, Research and Operations Meteorologist, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, University of California, San Diego
imageAn atmospheric river feeds into a bomb cyclone off the U.S. West Coast on Nov. 19, 2024.NOAA GOES

The West Coast’s rainy season has arrived in force, as an atmospheric river carrying moisture from the tropics joins a bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast. Heavy, wet snow began falling in the mountains on Nov. 19, 2024, and bursts of...

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