{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher","title":"Jeff Masters Meteorologist - Atmospheric rivers","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/df0381d2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1973,"description":"I welcome back to DITD Jeff Masters of the Yale Climate Connection. Jeff, worked as a hurricane scientist with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 1986-1990. He has a Ph.D. in air pollution meteorology from the University of Michigan. In 1995, he co-founded the Weather Underground weather channel. On Monday Jan 22nd , a relatively weak atmospheric river, along with favorable winds in the mid-to-upper atmosphere, combined to deliver a deluge to San Diego, with the city seeing 2.73 inches of rainfall in a very short amount of time causing major flooding and destruction of property. Now California is being slammed up and down the coast in the same manner. What's going on?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nNzPwoE1Bokx-JdcFRazwtVwWo_PDgvpLySBtCaie58/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80N2Q5/NDFhMGE1ZGE0NGU3/MmU3NmZhZDA0NzAw/YWIwNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}