Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
Sometimes you have to take a step back and chuckle at the situation we find ourselves in. The pandemic and social unrest are no laughing matter, of course. But when you hear that “Murder Hornets” have invaded the Pacific Northwest or learn that Mr. Peanut died in a tragic Nutmobile accident (no I’m not making […]
Hi all! I’ll start by giving a “life update” of sorts: I’ve moved from being a meteorologist at Avangrid to being a meteorologist at Portland General Electric! At Avangrid, my work was primarily focused on very short-term, hourly energy forecasts for Avangrid’s wind farms along the Columbia River Gorge, and I worked a rotating shift […]
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 11:37 am Right now, we have a pretty impressive inversion over our region. This was something I expected, and honestly, I was surprised that it was not stronger yesterday. It will weaken as the day goes on and the sun heats up the surface, but right now, it is quite striking. […]
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 10:10 A.M. This has to be a lightning quick post, but that is ok because there is not much going on weather-wise right now. Take a look at the webcam above looking downtown. Look at all that gross haze! Ugh… I hate that type of weather. Thankfully, you can escape this […]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:59 P.M. Photo Credit: Kevin Ebi @ Living Wilderness The next week or beyond will be very boring and uneventful for meteorologists. The culprit? A HUGE ridge of high pressure off the Eastern Pacific. Take a look at the current atmospheric configuration from tonight’s 00z UW WRF-GFS run. Valid 10:00 pm […]
Ok, visibility kinda sucks, at least right now. It may change. I’m not sure why. Maybe because the snow is giving off some moisture, maybe because there is more particulate matter. But it will get better throughout the day today. I might talk with Scott Sistek more about this. For those of you who don’t […]
