Here Came the Rain Again. Atmospheric Rivers.
I'm a little late to be humming "Here comes the rain again" from a 1983 pop song by The Eurythmics. The rain came last night and is pretty much over now. We only got about 0.25 inch here in the South Bay, while San Francisco got just over 1 inch and some areas in the North Bay got around 2 inches. There were also gusty winds. The winds and rain together were enough to cause spotty connectivity in our 4G/5G Internet services.
The storm that blew through was another "Atmospheric River". I wrote briefly about this weather phenomenon and others a few weeks ago. Today when I was perusing stories about the weather I found this nifty explainer about the science behind atmospheric rivers:
Click the image or follow this link to the full article by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
BTW, if you've heard anyone talk about a "Pineapple Express" storm and wonder what that term means, it's a cute name for an atmospheric river. All aboard the Pineapple Express!
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The storm that blew through was another "Atmospheric River". I wrote briefly about this weather phenomenon and others a few weeks ago. Today when I was perusing stories about the weather I found this nifty explainer about the science behind atmospheric rivers:
Click the image or follow this link to the full article by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
BTW, if you've heard anyone talk about a "Pineapple Express" storm and wonder what that term means, it's a cute name for an atmospheric river. All aboard the Pineapple Express!
[This entry was cross-posted from https://canyonwalker.dreamwidth.org/139686.html. Please comment there using OpenID. That's where most of the action is!]