West Coast Atmospheric River
Powerful waves impacted the west coast.
![West Coast Atmospheric River](/content/images/size/w2000/2023/08/2023-01_West_Coast.gif)
Last week, CDIP stations off California measured one of the most energetic wave events since the buoy array was established, with Hs > 8 m at numerous locations. Below is a summary of the complete data set available at cdip.ucsd.edu.
![](http://blog.cdipucsd.org/content/images/2023/08/202301_WestCoast2.png)