Atmospheric River Update: One State at Risk of Late Season Storm

A storm more commonly seen in winter is approaching Washington and will hit the state by the end of the weekend.This winter, the West Coast faced a slew of atmospheric rivers that caused devastating floods and landslides. The storms also brought a deluge of rain that supplemented California lakes and rivers, helping eliminate the state's drought.

'It's a little late in the season,' he said. 'They can happen, but they tend to be late fall to mid-winter.'As of Friday morning, there was no weather warning in place in Washington regarding the storm. Meteorologists had issued a hydrologic outlook, however.'A late season atmospheric river will bring moderate to heavy precipitation from Sunday afternoon through Tuesday across all of western Washington,' the outlook said.

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