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Pineapple Express
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Pineapple Express 1
en informal meteorology The jetstream and accompanying strong, moist airflow from the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands to the west coast of North America.
en 1 Dec 1990 Hill Williams Another Nasty November http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19901201&slug=1107102 Seattle Times 19 Oct 2008 A warm, wet rainstorm—the notorious "Pineapple Express"—hit Western Washington the weekend before Thanksgiving in 1986. https://web.archive.org/web/20090307135307/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com:80/archive/?date=19901201&slug=1107102 7 March 2009
Hypernyms
en atmospheric river