Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:23 A.M. The Pacific Northwest has seen incredible amounts of rain over the last 48 hours. A stationary front stalled over our region and directed relatively warm, moist air over our region, giving us heavy rain and strong winds, especially further south along the Oregon coast. In the lowlands, anywhere from […]
Storm Looking Even Bigger
Monday, November 21, 2011 10:07 A.M. I have to be brief, as I will have classes in 20 minutes, but I thought I’d give you an update on the major storm that will impact us tonight into Wednesday. I looked over the model runs this morning, and it looks as if the storm is now […]
Major Storm On Tuesday
Sunday, November 20, 2011 8:43 P.M. Carol Snider – Urban Flooding in Seattle – December 3, 2007 Approximately four years ago, one of the strongest storms to ever hit our area, the “Great Coastal Gale,” brought hurricane-force winds to the coast and major flooding throughout the area. While the inland areas didn’t get hit quite […]
Snow Looking a Bit More Likely
Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:51 P.M. I’ve got some great news for all you snow lovers! The new 12z model runs came out this morning, and both of our high-resolution models at the UW are pointing to a bit of snow in the Western Washington lowlands! This is the first run that has really shown […]
Pineapple Express
Saturday, December 11, 2010 2:18 P.M. Wait a minute… There we go. 🙂 The word is out that we will likely see some of the biggest flooding since January 2009 on some rivers, and January 2009 was a record-breaking event for the Snoqualmie @ Carnation and saw major flooding on many other rivers. Some rivers […]
Flooding?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 5:44 P.M. I know… I know… I haven’t updated it in a while. Same story as always… I’ve been extremely busy. I thought senior year was supposed to be a breeze! Not with my class schedule… we will see if all my hard work pays off and I get into college. […]
What is El Nino Southern Oscillation? (ENSO)
El Nino and La Nina are both part of the El Nino Southern Oscilliation (ENSO) pattern in the eastern tropical Pacific ocean. This oscillation, or switching, refers to the temperature of the water in that region. In a La Nina phase, the water temperatures are cooler than normal, and in an El Nino phase, the […]
Floods in the Pacific Northwest
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Many people would be surprised to find out that the Pacific Northwest gets some of the biggest floods in the world. The reason why it is not common knowledge is because the places that flood are usually sparsely populated (like Snoqualmie or Concrete) or have no people at all (like many […]
A Wet Weekend
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 I’ve been watching the weekend forecast with some interest, because it is looking more and more like we might get quite a bit of rain out of these storms. The maps above show the expected 24 hour rainfall from 5 P.M. Friday to 5 P.M. Saturday (top) and that time Saturday […]
Wet and Warm
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:37 P.M. Hey everybody. Just a brief update now… I have to catch the bus soon… but we saw some pretty heavy rain amounts here as a Pineapple Express was stalled over the area. Amounts of an inch, higher south, were common in the Puget Sound area, while places in the […]