Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
This post was co-produced with fellow WeatherTogether blogger Mark Ingalls of Kennewick, WA. From Wednesday, 2/5 – Saturday 2/8, the Blue Mountains of Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon witnessed a historic, unprecedented period of heavy rain and flooding. Like almost all of out wintertime river flooding events, this event associated with an atmospheric river – […]
Before I was interested in meteorology, I was fascinated by volcanoes. Even as early as preschool, I would religiously watch my many volcano VHS tapes, and I’d make my parents read this book to me. I was particularly fond of the Hawaiian volcanoes because the lava was so colorful, so my 5-year-old self was beyond […]
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 6:15 pm It was a bad week for the snow-lovers of the Pacific Northwest. Over the past couple days, we’ve had very moist and relatively mild flow coming into our region from the WSW. The result? Heavy rains on the Olympics and Northern Cascades, with much lighter precipitation in the Seattle […]
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 1:41 am Yesterday, I wrote about the Eastern third of the country and how much of that region was profoundly affected by a major blizzard that halted over 13,000 flights and caused 3 billion dollars in damage. Now, the weather action has shifted back to our neck of the woods, and […]
Monday, March 30, 2015 4:28 pm No, this isn’t an early April Fools joke. Snow actually is going to make a return to Snoqualmie Pass tomorrow. Consider this: Snoqualmie Pass is “supposed” to have picked up 350 inches by now based on their five-year average, but to date they have only picked up 84. They’ve […]
Monday, February 23, 2015 11:50 p.m. When I was walking home from school today, I stopped at a viewpoint right above my house to take a quick glance at the Cascades, curious to see how white they where. I knew how atrocious this winter had been in the snow department, so I wasn’t very optimistic, […]
Friday, January 9, 2015 12:05 pm If you read my winter weather outlook for this winter on WeatherOn, you’ll note that I predicted warmer-than-normal temperatures and above-normal precipitation for this year in the Pacific Northwest. The precipitation has been near normal or slightly less, but temperatures have been well above normal. When you have well-above-normal temperatures, […]
Friday, August 9, 2013 2:09 A.M. (Yikes!) I was absent the past week for a fishing trip in Canada and knew that Washington was expected to receive some rain. At the time I left, forecasts were calling for over an inch of rain in areas of Western Washington and perhaps up to FIVE INCHES in parts of the […]
Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:33 A.M. I’ve yet to go skiing this year (I know, it’s pretty bad), but I’m honestly going to try to make an effort to go up this weekend. We are seeing some incredible amounts of snowfall in the mountains for late March. In fact, as of March 25, we were […]
Thursday, October 6, 2011 11:30 P.M. Hi everybody, it’s late but I thought I’d give a quick update. It is getting to be that time of year again, and the NWS has recently ascribed a “Special Weather Statement” to the Olympic and Cascade mountains. One of the models, the ECMWF, is showing a particularly strong […]
