A category 4 out of 5 atmospheric river is forecast to bring heavy rain and flooding to the Pacific Northwest the first few days of this week.
On the atmospheric river scale a category 4 is characterized as “mostly hazardous” but also “beneficial” in terms of the amount of rain expected, according to the Center for Western Water and Weather Extremes (CW3E).
The rain will mainly impact western Washington, as well as western Oregon, most of which is suffering from some level of drought. Parts of...
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