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A Pineapple Express storm hit the state from 1 to 2 February 2024, before moving over the United States and settling over the I-25 corridor in Colorado, where heavy snow fell. Another one hit 3 February and last until 5 February, with the National Weather Service calling it "potentially life-threatening."
Wind and Vapor imagery based on numerical modeling of the Pineapple Express that fueled the storm, on December 11, 2014. Late on November 30, 2014, a weak extratropical disturbance developed at the southern end of a cold front, to the northwest of Midway Island, near the International Date Line. During the next few days, the system slowly ...
According to a May 14, 2019 article in San Jose, California's The Mercury News, atmospheric rivers, "giant conveyor belts of water in the sky", cause the moisture-rich "Pineapple Express" storm systems that come from the Pacific Ocean several times annually and account for about 50 percent of California's annual precipitation.
"The Pineapple Express is an atmospheric river which has its origin in the tropical Pacific," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
The first of two "pineapple express" storms has arrived in Southern California after delivering a stronger-than-expected pounding to the San Francisco Bay Area, breaking rainfall records.
The 'Pineapple Express' atmospheric river gets its name from the tropical moisture it carries from the ocean near Hawaii to the mainland. Stunning satellite photos show 'Pineapple Express' storms ...
The first phase of the storm came on March 2, as a vigorous area of low pressure formed along an arctic cold front.Drawing some moisture from the so-called "Pineapple Express" from the Pacific, snowfall began to develop in the Upper Midwest, spreading a swath of accumulating snow ranging from 3–6 inches (7.6–15.2 cm) into March 3. [4]
The Pineapple Express, already evident on weather maps this weekend, will bring a variety of hazards to the West over the next few days, such as major flooding, avalanches, strong winds and travel ...