Tracking Atmospheric River for the West Coast; Space Weather Storming Continues

An atmospheric river will bring threats of gusty to high winds and heavy rainfall to California mainly Thursday into Saturday which may bring areas of flooding and wind damage. Heavy snow will be possible over the Sierra Nevada mountains Thursday into Friday associated with the atmospheric river. Minor to severe geomagnetic storming (space weather) is expected to continue into early Thursday. Read More >

This visible satellite image was taken at 100 pm PST 13 Nov 2000. An area of clouds was moving across central Washington. But the clouds are thin enough to see the snow cover on the Waterville Plateau and along Highway 2. Farther to the east, skies are clear and allow a good view of the snow over extreme eastern Washington and the Panhandle. Note how clearly visible the rivers are over the Palouse and east of Lewiston.

Snowpack visible through the clouds on satellite image

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Tracking Atmospheric River for the West Coast; Space Weather Storming Continues

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