Day: January 23, 2017

17-22 January Significant Precipitation for the West Coast

by Dan Bikos on January 23rd, 2017

The West Coast of the US experienced multiple storms between 17-22 January 2017 that resulted in substantial precipitation: Early in the period, an Atmospheric River with origins from the central tropical Pacific Ocean advected towards Washington, Oregon and northern California: This product is the CIRA Layer Precipitable Water (LPW) product (displayed here in inches) which Continue Reading

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