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Jan 5, 2023 · California is under a state of emergency as the atmospheric river named Pineapple Express for its origins in Hawaii is slamming the West Coast with heavy rain.
Feb 1, 2024 · Forty-six atmospheric rivers made landfall on the U.S. West Coast during water year 2023, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes.
Feb 1, 2024 · The first of two atmospheric rivers is unloading heavy snow at high elevations and gusty winds and soaking rainfall Thursday across a large part of California. More than 20...
Jan 30, 2024 · The storm is starting out very warm – fueled by moisture from near Hawaii that earns it the moniker of a pineapple express – and will unload mainly rain in all but the absolute highest elevations...
Prevailing winds cross over warm bands of tropical water vapor to form this "river," which travels across the Pacific as part of the global conveyor belt. When it reaches the west coast, the Pineapple Express can dump as much as five inches of rain on California in one day.
Feb 6, 2024 · BBC Weather. California has been drenched with rain from two separate "atmospheric rivers" in recent days. The heavy rainfall has caused mudslides and flooding, but what's behind the weather...
What is the Pineapple Express and why has it drenched California? The record rain pounding California is part of a common weather pattern.
