Headline
Pineapple Express wreaks havoc on Northern California commuters
United States
Pedestrians take cover in the Chinatown district of San Francisco as a powerful storm rolled into the Bay Area. Image: Ben Margot / Associated Press)
A so-called atmospheric river of rain and powerful wind triggered massive delays at San Francisco International Airport, knocked down power lines and wreaked havoc on Northern California commuters...The storm started off the Pacific Coast and was swooping as far south as Monterey before pushing east. Some mountains could receive as much as 10 inches of rain through the weekend, the National Weather Service said. The rain totals were only about half an inch in San Francisco.
Related Content
Science Source
| Geophysical Research Letters
Climate change intensification of horizontal water vapor transport in CMIP5
Lavers, David A., Ralph et al
Science Source
| Water
Atmospheric Rivers, Floods and the Water Resources of California
Michael D. Dettinger, Fred Martin Ralph, Tapash Das et al
Science Source
| American Meteorological Society
Meteorological Characteristics and Overland Precipitation Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers Affecting the West Coast of North America Based on Eight Years of SSM/I Satellite Observations
Paul J. Neiman, F. Martin Ralph, Gary A. Wick et al
Science Source
| Geophysical Research Letters
Flooding on California's Russian River: Role of atmospheric rivers
Ralph, F. Martin, Neiman et al
