KOIN 6 Meteorologist Josh Cozart shares Portland's wintry mix, winter cold and sunshine, to an atmospheric river that's expected over the next week.

While the wet weather may bring an end to a devastating run of wildfires in the state, it could also cause flooding and other hazards.

The term “atmospheric river” was coined in 1994 and has since quickly gained popularity. But what does it really mean?

A series of three back-to-back atmospheric rivers is set to batter the West Coast in the next several days, dumping up to 10 feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada and flooding rains at lower elevations.

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