How to Use atmospheric river in a Sentence

atmospheric river

noun

• For the past two years, atmospheric rivers — long plumes of water in the sky that sweep in from the tropics — have lashed the state with rain.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
• In the weeks that followed, a series of storms caused by atmospheric rivers hit the sate.
  — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
• And now a new atmospheric river storm is forecast to soak the Bay Area and the rest of the state Thursday and Friday.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
• Among them are rivers that flooded at the start of the year, when nine atmospheric river storms pummeled the state.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Those atmospheric rivers often hit the West Coast and dump extreme amounts of snow and rain.
  — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
• El Niño has been known to enhance atmospheric river events on the West Coast.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
• One study projects that damages from atmospheric rivers will triple in the western U.S.
  — Jim Foerster, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• Two atmospheric rivers are expected to hit the West this week, bringing strong winds, rain and snow.
  — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
• Strong atmospheric rivers can transport up to 15 times that amount.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
• The rain is expected to be heavier in the North Bay, though not as heavy as when the atmospheric river first arrived in the middle of last week.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
• This time last year, Juneau was drenched by an atmospheric river.
  — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, the chance of a strong atmospheric river storm grows — as does the risk of mudslides in Los Angeles.
  — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
• Indeed, studies have found that the West Coast’s atmospheric rivers, like the one that just hit LA, are getting wetter.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
• But the latest storm won't be as intense as last week's atmospheric river, a long plume of moisture that forms over an ocean and flows over land.
  — The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
• This week, an early season atmospheric river dropped 4 inches of rain in the area, helping to quell the blaze.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• The same area was battered by the ocean last January as the West Coast was slammed by numerous atmospheric rivers.
  — John Antczak, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023
• But thanks to an arriving atmospheric river, the highs will move up into the 50s.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2023
• Pereira says the atmospheric river is likely to return to the region and could cause flash flooding and other headaches.
  — Kristin Wright, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
• After the first two waves of this week’s atmospheric river storm, the wettest Bay Area locations had recorded about 5 inches of rain.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
• An atmospheric river and bomb cyclone are what make this storm so powerful — but what do those terms mean?
  — Nikki Nolan, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
• Regent’s Slide is the largest of several landslides in the Big Sur area that occurred as a result of last winter’s atmospheric rivers.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
• The image shows little snowpack in the mountains as the first of two atmospheric river storms approached from the Pacific.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
• The Bay Area has a day to dry out before a new atmospheric river closes in on California.
  — Michelle Apon, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2023
• This past winter, the atmospheric rivers that pummeled California washed away many of the pups born at Piedras Blancas.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
• This year, even an atmospheric river couldn’t keep around 600 runners away.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Last winter, a series of massive atmospheric river storms dumped dozens of feet of snow on the Sierra Nevada, ending a three-year drought.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
• The culprit for the spike in movement is heavy rains – and runoff from nearby canyons -- brought on by a series of recent atmospheric rivers that have soaked deep into the soil, destabilizing the area.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2025
• California - Over the past three years, the state has seen its largest wildfire season in history, its worst drought in 1,200 years and a string of record-setting atmospheric rivers.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
• The Bay Area is bracing for yet another major storm as an atmospheric river makes its way through California this week.
  — Nadia Lopez, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
• Exceptionally strong atmospheric rivers can transport up to 15 times that amount.
  — Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2025