The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Pineapple Express arrives in California today
Start your day with the latest weather news – A powerful atmospheric river with a Hawaii connection will bring heavy rain and snow to California on Wednesday.
Weather in America: January 31, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It’s Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Start your day with everything you need to know about today's weather. You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and local weather whenever you like with the FOX Weather Update podcast.
Pineapple Express bringing heavy rain, snow to California
A powerful atmospheric river with ties to Hawaii, known as a Pineapple Express, is bringing heavy rain and mountain snow to California starting Wednesday. Flooding is possible across much of the coastline, stretching from extreme southwestern Oregon through San Francisco and down to Santa Barbara. The risk of flooding rain moves farther south on Thursday, including Los Angeles and San Diego.
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Unseasonably warm weather covers majority of US
The heat is on for much of the U.S. as unseasonably warm weather has overtaken much of the country. Nearly 170 million people will see above-average high temperatures on Wednesday, but that number expands to about 250 million by Thursday.
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Will the groundhog see his shadow this year?
Thousands of people will descend on the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Groundhog Day (Friday) to hear the musings of a groundhog named Phil. Legend has it that if he sees his shadow, it’s six more weeks of winter. If not, spring arrives early. FOX Weather’s "Shadow Cast" has its own predictions.
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Taylor Swift will be racing from a tour stop in Tokyo to Las Vegas to catch her beau, Travis Kelce, of the Kansas City Chiefs, play in the Super Bowl. Here’s the weather phenomenon that will help her get there on time.
Taylor Swift can thank this allowing her to see Travis Kelce play in Super Bowl after Japan tour
Super Bowl weekend will be extra busy for Taylor Swift: She has four Era Tour concert performances in Japan, and her beau, Travis Kelce, of the Kansas City Chiefs, plays the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas.
Before you go
Here are a few other stories making headlines.
- Mysterious blob captured on Texas radar could have military connection
- Monarch butterfly numbers down after historic winter storms thrashed California population, researchers say
- We've entered the peak time of year for major Northeast winter storms
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