Scientific conferences usually don’t physically experience their subjects. But during a session on “atmospheric rivers” last December at a geophysics meeting in San Francisco, one of those very rivers was barreling down on meeting attendees.
An atmospheric river that hit California in late December (warmer colors signify more water vapor) ferried moisture from southwest of Hawaii.
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