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 […]
One of our family friends described Pacific Northwest weather as being ‘stuck in a wet sock.’ Today has certainly felt that way. We’ve had a steady drip of rain here on Whidbey Island but hardly anything in the rain gauge to show for it. For some, it’s the perfect complement to a warm cup of […]
Well… it couldn’t last forever. The upper-level trough that pushed through the region last Friday ushered in a much cooler and cleaner airmass to give us a refreshing end to the workweek and start to the weekend. But as a ridge strengthened over the area on Saturday and onshore flow decreased, high-elevation smoke started to […]
With our record dry summer and the hottest August on record for many places around the Pacific Northwest, we’ve inevitably had an incredibly active fire season and the smokiest summer I can ever remember seeing west of the Cascade Crest. The latest major blaze – the Eagle Creek Fire – came uncomfortably close to home, […]
