Pineapple Express

proper noun

The jetstream and accompanying strong, moist airflow from the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands to the west coast of North America.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Pineapple Express
  1. informalclimatologyThe jetstream and accompanying strong, moist airflow from the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands to the west coast of North America.

    A warm, wet rainstorm—the notorious "Pineapple Express"—hit Western Washington the weekend before Thanksgiving in 1986.

    1990 December 1, Hill Williams, “Another Nasty November”, in Seattle Times, retrieved 19 Oct 2008
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