New technique predicts frequency of heavy precipitation with global warming
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - 06:01
in Earth & Climate
On Dec. 11, 2014, a freight train of a storm steamed through much of California, deluging the San Francisco Bay Area with three inches of rain in just one hour. The storm was fueled by what meteorologists refer to as the "Pineapple Express"—an atmospheric river of moisture that is whipped up over the Pacific's tropical waters and swept north with the jet stream.