Satellite Animation Shows Return of the Pineapple Express (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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A wide-field movie by GOES-WEST of the North Pacific from Dec. 9-12, 2014 reveals the violent rain storms pouring moisture on the "Pineapple Express" jet stream into California in mid-December.

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NASA/NOAA GOES Project, Dennis Chesters

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