Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
5:30 pm This weather event has played out as expected so far, with gusty, very dry easterly winds over parts of Western Washington and Western Oregon and rapid growth on existing fires. Smoke has also spread north over the Willamette Valley and Puget Sound as easterly flow weakens and veers to the north. Fire danger […]
A critical fire weather event is now underway for SW Washington and Western Oregon. Satellite imagery shows two large smoke plumes emanating from the Double Creek Fire in Central Oregon and the Goat Rocks Fire in SW Washington, with multiple smoke plumes from other, smaller fires over NW Washington and Southern British Columbia. Check out […]
6:30 pm EDT Most wildfire starts during Pacific Northwest summers occur on just a couple of days, when large dry lightning outbreaks impact the region. The most extreme dry lightning outbreaks can cause hundreds of starts over a period of hours. A moderate dry lightning outbreak occurred on August 9th and 10th, when a deep […]
