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California faces double whammy of bomb cyclone, ‘Pineapple Express’ for ‘brutal’ storm threat
Fox Weather ^ | 1.3.2023 | Scott Sistek

Posted on 01/03/2023 7:56:39 PM PST by libh8er

Just three days after a record-breaking storm brought significant rain, widespread flooding and significant mountain snow to much of California, another, perhaps even more powerful double whammy of an atmospheric river and bomb cyclone is targeting the region this week that could become one of the more impactful storms to strike the state in years. Mandatory evacuation orders have even been issued ahead of the storm for neighborhoods with a high risk of flooding.

In this case, the developing storm will tap into abundant tropical moisture available in the Pacific Ocean, creating a reasonably strong "atmospheric river" that will carry copious amounts of moisture from Hawaii to California.

Basically, an (atmospheric river) is a river in the sky of water vapor, and when it hits the mountains, (the moisture) is forced up over the mountains," Marty Ralph, Director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, told FOX Weather. "That upward motion causes clouds and precipitation to form, and the faster the flow of air and water vapor is hitting the mountains, the faster the rain is falling, so you get more and more rain with the stronger ARs hitting the mountains."

This specific type of atmospheric river, known as the "Pineapple Express," in a nod to the storm's fuel source due to its Hawaiian origins, is set to bring significant moisture to California. Think of this as a narrow pipeline of moisture that originates in the tropics.

Flood Watches span much of the state, from near the Oregon/California border to just north of the Los Angeles area.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxweather.com ...


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KEYWORDS: bombcyclone; california; chat; newsforumabuse; storm; weather
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1 posted on 01/03/2023 7:56:39 PM PST by libh8er
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To: libh8er

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4120603/posts

Life vests will be available.


2 posted on 01/03/2023 7:59:00 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: libh8er

In other words, California got a winter storm.


3 posted on 01/03/2023 8:01:45 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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Soon the Department of Drought will be called the Emergency Flood Control.


4 posted on 01/03/2023 8:02:52 PM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: libh8er

When the Pineapple Express is in town, the rain lasts for days. However, it’s not a cold rain and the snow level is usually quite high.


5 posted on 01/03/2023 8:03:26 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: libh8er

Will this be the time part of California falls into the Pacific Ocean? Asking for a friend.


6 posted on 01/03/2023 8:05:23 PM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: Psalm 130)
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Pineapple Express is a weed strain


7 posted on 01/03/2023 8:06:06 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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We are sogging wet already.


8 posted on 01/03/2023 8:07:05 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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known as the “Pineapple Express,” in a nod to the storm’s fuel source due to its Hawaiian origins
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OK, People!

This is a Cultural Misappropriation and Macro Insult of the highest order.

Pineapples are not native to Hawaii.

People lose their jobs over this. Lifetime bans.

Especially coming from the Haole networks. Ban them all.


9 posted on 01/03/2023 8:07:33 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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“San Andreas cleared her throat, I heard Tsunami laugh.”
~ Larry Norman


10 posted on 01/03/2023 8:08:12 PM PST by Fai Mao (Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
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To: Polyxene

Not sure. But Archie talks about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XVEL3KnR2w


11 posted on 01/03/2023 8:09:54 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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Think how much worse it could be if we didn’t have global warming. It’d probably drop down to minus 451°.


12 posted on 01/03/2023 8:10:36 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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Pineapple Express is a Sativa dominant strain with a 60:40 sativa/indica ratio. The strain is quite popular and has achieved recognition thanks to the stoner film of the same name.


13 posted on 01/03/2023 8:10:57 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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https://www.allbud.com/marijuana-strains/sativa-dominant-hybrid/pineapple-express


14 posted on 01/03/2023 8:12:20 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: libh8er

But...climate change


15 posted on 01/03/2023 8:15:35 PM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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Glowbull Warming is to blame.


16 posted on 01/03/2023 8:21:46 PM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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Hopefully it doesn’t melt the entire snowpack. Last time that happened there was record flooding, and there’s nowhere to put the water, except out to sea


17 posted on 01/03/2023 8:26:58 PM PST by gracie1 (Look, just because you have to tolerate something doesn’t mean you have to approve of it. )
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It’s a triple whammy, beat your fanny, Pacific pulverizer. they’ll be clinging onto logs in San Francisco. Not those kind of logs.


18 posted on 01/03/2023 8:28:40 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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May put a dent in the low lake and Colorado river water levels once the snow melts.


19 posted on 01/03/2023 8:35:01 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: Polyxene

Do a bit of geology study if you have friends that ignorant.

In a gazillion years, SF will be up near Seattle, not underwater.


20 posted on 01/03/2023 8:38:13 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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