Atmospheric River Flows into the Pacific Northwest

A warm, moisture-laden weather system soaked western Washington and Oregon.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Atmospheric River Flows into the Pacific Northwest.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published December 5, 2023
Data acquired December 4, 2023