Atmospheric River California November 2024. San francisco bay area residents are bracing for wednesday's atmospheric river storm and preparing what they can for potential flooding. A third will hit the same region by.

During el niño winters, atmospheric rivers—long, narrow bands of moisture running from the equator toward the poles—tend to carry more water vapor to. Floodwaters in the lake, which formed after about a dozen atmospheric river storms hit california in 2023, are still stretching across thousands of acres of premier.