Pi Day 2016 4:55 pm I apologize for not being in the blogosphere yesterday – I was up at Alpental introducing 5-year-olds to poles. I taught lessons up there this year on the weekends and had a spectacular time, and I’d highly recommend anybody who loves kids and skiing to consider teaching ski lessons up […]
Windstorm on Sunday?
Saturday, March 12, 2016 11:21 pm Just a really quick post… I got back home really late tonight and have to wake up in six hours to go hit the ski slopes and teach some ski lessons! We’ve got the potential for a strong windstorm on Sunday. There is some uncertainty with the strength and […]
Brief Southeast Sucker Review
Thursday, March 10, 2016 3:00 pm That “Southeast Sucker” I blogged about last night stormed ashore early this morning, and delivered a sucker punch to a wider area of the region than I initially forecast. The system actually ended up coming a little closer to our region than the models showed, so the I-5 corridor […]
The Southeast Sucker!
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 12:09 pm Meteorologists used to have very interesting names for different types of weather. I was introduced to the famed “Pineapple Express” back in elementary school, when it rained 5.02 inches at Sea-Tac during one incredibly rainy 5th grade day. Unfortunately, Pineapple Express seems to have fallen out of favor among […]
One More Storm To Get Through, Then Spring!
Tuesday, February 4, 2016 4:25 pm A dreary afternoon at Cannon Beach, OR. Credit: Surflook Surf Cams Today was one of the grayer days I have witnessed in my 23 years upon this Earth. The skies were gray, the lake looked gray… heck, even my countenance looked gray. It wasn’t sunny enough brighten my mood, but […]
Stormy Week Ahead
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 10:15 pm Hey everybody. Sorry for being absent for over a week. It’s been a crazy past eight days here in Charlie-town, and when you add that to the extraordinarily boring weather we’ve had, you nearly almost always end up with a blog drought. Thankfully, the drought ends now, as the […]
A Very Stormy Tuesday!
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 10:34 am Things are really ramping up now throughout Western Washington. The all-important PDX-BLI gradient, which was forecast to max out at 14-18 hPa, is already at 18 hPa, and continues to slowly rise. There is a chance that the gradient could reach 19 hPa at some point today. Regardless of […]
Windstorm Update
Monday, November 16, 2015 4:44 pm It’s looking more and more like a significant windstorm may be in the works. The models are not as bullish about this storm as they were yesterday morning, but they are still showing very strong winds with widespread power outages possible. Charge your devices tonight! Water Vapor Image Taken […]
Damaging Windstorm Possible This Tuesday
Sunday, November 15, 2015 1:00 pm Wow, we have a lot to talk about. It’s been a very long time since the weather has been this exciting! Credit: WSDOT Flickr Page First off, the rain has died down around Western Washington and most rivers have receded below flood stage. The Snohomish River at Snohomish, The Skokomish […]
The Most Intense Summer Storm on Record
Monday, August 31, 2015 1:14 pm I’ll just cut to the chase here… Saturday’s storm destroyed my weather station at our house on Whidbey Island. Before the storm, there were three cups on the anemometer. Now, there are two, and the station is not reporting. It was never very reliable anyway, but now it is […]
