SFGATE: Atmospheric river soaks Sierra: 'This is all rain'

Atmospheric river soaks Sierra: 'This is all rain'
Published on April 06, 2018 at 03:58PM by Amy Graff

A river of warm, tropical moisture stretching all the way to the Hawaiian Islands was drenching the highest elevations of the northern Sierra Nevada mountain range in rain Friday.

This so-called "atmospheric river" is expected to deliver 2 to 4 inches of precipitation to the Tahoe Basin in a 48-hour period and most of that will drop in the form of rain.

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