Places like California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Nevada are (somewhat) used to this sort of phenomenon. You can ...

An atmospheric river is essentially a narrow band of Pacific moisture, water vapor, that is funneled into a long narrow flow. These rivers transport tropical moisture to higher latitudes ...

As a moisture-laden atmospheric river makes its way through California ... but Morgan said the impact on the lake's water levels won't be very significant. After reaching drastically low water ...

AND THIS IS WHY WE’LL DO A LITTLE ATMOSPHERIC ... by Sunday but water will stay within the banks of those waterways. A forecast for the Cosumnes River shows the water level around seven feet ...