The discovery of atmospheric rivers overriding El Niño and La Niña weather patterns reinforced the need for a model that can predict when atmospheric rivers are coming, Luna-Niño said.

The Tropical Atlantic is as energetic now as it typically would be in mid-June. That will make it strongly conducive for ...

The time of year presents challenges for global climate models, which struggle to predict the strength and demise of El Niño and La Niña events. Last year, for example, models predicted the ...