How to Use atmospheric river in a Sentence

atmospheric river

noun
  • The storms brought by atmospheric rivers are known for their heavy snow, heavy rain and strong winds.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The storms brought by atmospheric rivers are known for their heavy snow, heavy rain and strong winds.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The storms brought by atmospheric rivers are known for their heavy snow, heavy rain and strong winds.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The storms brought by atmospheric rivers are known for their heavy snow, heavy rain and strong winds.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The storms brought by atmospheric rivers are known for their heavy snow, heavy rain and strong winds.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The storms brought by atmospheric rivers are known for their heavy snow, heavy rain and strong winds.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The storms brought by atmospheric rivers are known for their heavy snow, heavy rain and strong winds.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But atmospheric river storms will cause the state’s rivers to flood again.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
  • In the weeks that followed, a series of storms caused by atmospheric rivers hit the sate.
    — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This time last year, Juneau was drenched by an atmospheric river.
    — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Strong atmospheric rivers can transport up to 15 times that amount.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Among them are rivers that flooded at the start of the year, when nine atmospheric river storms pummeled the state.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • For the past two years, atmospheric rivers — long plumes of water in the sky that sweep in from the tropics — have lashed the state with rain.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
  • An atmospheric river and bomb cyclone are what make this storm so powerful — but what do those terms mean?
    — Nikki Nolan, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Some atmospheric rivers can stretch as far as 5,000 miles, all the way from Asia.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Those atmospheric rivers often hit the West Coast and dump extreme amounts of snow and rain.
    — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Two atmospheric rivers are expected to hit the West this week, bringing strong winds, rain and snow.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
  • This year, even an atmospheric river couldn’t keep around 600 runners away.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • But the latest storm won't be as intense as last week's atmospheric river, a long plume of moisture that forms over an ocean and flows over land.
    — The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Chang points to the recent occurrence of atmospheric rivers.
    — Marina Jurica, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Three waves of rain in a weak atmospheric river brought 5 inches of rain to the wettest parts of the Bay Area.
    — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • El Niño has been known to enhance atmospheric river events on the West Coast.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
  • An atmospheric river is expected to prolong the wet and windy conditions through the end of the week.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Pereira says the atmospheric river is likely to return to the region and could cause flash flooding and other headaches.
    — Kristin Wright, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
  • This week, an early season atmospheric river dropped 4 inches of rain in the area, helping to quell the blaze.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • But thanks to an arriving atmospheric river, the highs will move up into the 50s.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Larkspur was just one of the communities caught off guard last week as atmospheric river storms teamed up with king tides and southerly winds.
    — Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • April showers may bring spring flowers, but record-breaking atmospheric rivers of rain bring dead flowers due to fungal diseases and root rot.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The region is already soaked after weeks of moisture from atmospheric rivers pummeling the coast.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Conditions could worsen as multiple atmospheric rivers move across the state during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.
    — Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2025

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