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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 first atmospheric river storm hit the state starting Feb. 1, while the second hit just three days after, the Sacramento Bee reported.
  — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2024
• With the atmospheric rivers hitting California earlier this month, the zoo's crew thought a performance might be in the works.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
• The heavy influx of water comes after several rounds of atmospheric rivers pummeled the West Coast during the wet season.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Amid a multi-year drought, California has been hit by a string of extreme storms called atmospheric rivers this winter.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
• The region is already soaked after weeks of moisture from atmospheric rivers pummeling the coast.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2023
• In winter, however, the North Pacific High tends to weaken and shift south, allowing atmospheric rivers to reach the state.
  — Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
• The search took place against a backdrop of extreme weather as an atmospheric river brought heavy rain, snow and life threatening flooding to California at the start of the week.
  — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
• Farther west, a low-pressure weather system tied to the ongoing atmospheric river continued to shift inward from coastal areas, bringing with it rain and snow.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024