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West Coast states are bracing for hurricane-like conditions today as a 'bomb cyclone' drags an atmospheric river onto land. New maps reveal the areas that will see the most intense impacts.

NWS map of the weather warnings, where dark purple areas are under a Storm Warning, pale purple under a Gale Warning, and pale pink under Small Craft Advisories and Hazardous Seas Warnings.

An atmospheric river is a relatively narrow channel of wind, hence the "river," that transports water vapor from the tropics to the West Coast, where it's producing rain and heavy winds.