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How worrisome is a winter storm? Thanks to UCSD’s atmospheric river research, there’s a scale for that.

The science behind the scale Marty Ralph developed is now being used to figure out whether San Diego’s current dry spell will soon end.

By | The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Dr. Marty Ralph, Director, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Dr. Marty Ralph, Director, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The science behind the scale Marty Ralph developed is now being used to figure out whether San Diego's current dry spell will soon end.

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