Satellite Animation Shows Return of the Pineapple Express

By Rob Gutro | Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center on Dec 14, 2014   Featured, National  

The ‘‘Pineapple Express’’ happens when warm air and lots of moisture are transported from the Central Pacific, near Hawaii, to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. An animation of satellite imagery from NOAA’s GOES-West satellite showed the stream of clouds associated with that moisture from Dec. 9 to Dec. 12, 2014 and brought rain and snow to […]