![]() ![]() “We are effectively part of the early warning system for the atmospheric rivers across the board,” Mansour explained. He says the ride might be a little less bumpy for the atmospheric rivers, but the mission is the same. Mansour is a seasoned veteran of the hurricane hunters. Lieutenant Junior Grade Nicolas Osborne NOAA Corps “Then the NOAA National Weather Service is more prepared to predict where and when these systems will make impact and how much of an impact that’s going to be.”Īircraft Commander Captain Jason Mansour and Flight Director James Carpenter discuss atmospheric rivers mission in progress on December 17, 2022. “NOAA aircraft are flying in these weather systems and validating the models,” Captain Jason Mansour, pilot and aircraft commander of the NOAA Gulfstream IV Hurricane Hunter aircraft. The information not only improves the overall knowledge of what atmospheric rivers are capable of, but improves immediate forecasts. “With the dropsondes released by the hurricane hunters, we get profiles of moisture, temperature, winds, in the lower part of the atmosphere, which are really critical for understanding the atmospheric river’s structure,” Wilson said. The information is immediately put into weather forecast models, which improves the accuracy of the forecast dramatically. The University of California-San Diego, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes have teamed up with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters who are able to drop instruments called “ dropsondes” inside an atmospheric river, to relay pinpointed live weather data. Until the last few years, forecasters had to rely solely on satellites and forecast models for forecasting atmospheric rivers, which can become very muddy without truly knowing what’s happening inside the storms. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan/Getty Imagesĩ0% of Californians are under flood watches as another storm threatens mudslides, power outages and deadly inundation Storms are lined up over the Pacific Ocean and are expected to bring more rain and wind through the end of the week. The storms have toppled trees, flooded roads and cut power to tens of thousands of residents. The San Francisco Bay Area continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains. WINDSOR, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 09: In an aerial view, cars are submerged in floodwater after heavy rain moved through the area on Januin Windsor, California. ![]()
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