Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
WOW! What was expected to be nothing more than a few scattered snow showers for Western Washington ended up being a bona-fide blizzard for the Northern Interior and a major lowland snowstorm for most locations north of Olympia. I was actually up in Seattle for the weekend doing some recording with my funk band Circular […]
Another day, another poorly-forecast lowland snow event. Our low-pressure system was stronger and faster than modeled, and as a result, it generated more and heavier precipitation than expected. Yesterday’s runs only had a light rain/snow mix at the coast at this morning, but the heavier-than-expected precipitation helped lower snow levels down to the surface there, […]
We probably ended up with approximately an inch of snow at our place in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Northeast Portland from yesterday’s late-season snowstorm. Fellow WeatherTogether blogger Jeff Taylor ended up with 3.3 inches in Happy Valley at 600 feet, and the weather at Boring, OR (7 miles NW of Sandy, OR at 655′) was […]
