This is a chrome extension that replaces atmospheric river
with big storm
on ever web page you visit.
Why? You might ask.
Because atmospheric river
sounds stupid and is stupid.
Sure it might make sense as scientific jargon in some meteorological research paper, but in a colloquial context its just dumb.
The phrase has exploded in popularity because news outlets have discovered it makes a clickbait-y headline that SEOs well. Fixing this affront to our dignity I promise will improve your news viewing experience.
This is a real world example of the Onion "post office box" phenomena:\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFpK_r-jEXg