National Weather Service satellite images show a dramatic, churning cyclone approaching California's coast as parts of Northern California get battered by the atmospheric river.

A bomb cyclone and corresponding atmospheric river are bringing precipitation to Northern California. See satellite photos and videos of the storm.

A third winter storm is on its way to California, with forecasts anticipating that it will hit the Golden State on Friday, only days after a bomb cyclone unleashed hurricane-force winds across the Pacific Northwest and an atmospheric river brought a deluge of rain and snow.

A bomb cyclone over California's shores was captured in a satellite image, showing the dramatic swirling clouds that have caused winter storm conditions.