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CW3E AR Cat Summary: 02 February 2019

February 7, 2019

The most recent atmospheric river to impact the U.S. West Coast made landfall as an AR Cat 3 according to the newly released AR Scale. For more information on the scale click here. Precipitation produced from this event resulted in R-Cat 1 (200-300 mm of precipitation in 72 hours) events throughout California.


Entry posted in: Atmospheric Rivers, CW3E AR Updates

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