Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
It was hot Sunday and today! My brother came down to Portland for the weekend, and yesterday, we went cliff diving at High Rocks Park on the Clackamas River. There were some pretty acrobatic divers jumping off the rocks, and there were several lifeguards and an ambulance van on standby in case there were any […]
FINALLY, after several days of coding and several months of troubleshooting, WeatherTogether has its own model charts! Before I go any further, I have to thank Quinn Abrahams-Vaughn for writing some html and javascript pages to get me started with model visualization and Derek Hodges for his guidance on shell scripting and crontabs to automatically […]
Monday, January 5, 2015 1:10 pm There is currently major flooding on the Tolt and Snoqualmie Rivers near Carnation, and I had just Google’d ‘NWS’ to get to the Seattle NWS homepage (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/ is too much work) when I stumbled upon a rather important headline. Retrieved from the original press release from NOAA. No hyperbole can […]
Sunday, September 29, 2013 11:27 p.m. Hey everybody, this is just going to be a quick post because I gots to go to bed soon. Anyway, the GFS was correct and the NAM was not. The NAM is often called the “Never Accurate Model” for that very reason. We still have high wind warnings up, […]
Sunday, September 29, 2013 10:36 a.m. What are more delicious? Apples or mangoes? Mangoes, of course! They are juicier, sweeter, and slipperier than our state fruit. Also, they are imported, and just the thought of eating something that came from Thailand automatically makes it more delicious. Apples aren’t too bad though. They have anti-doctor properties […]
Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:38 P.M. Cliff Mass – Retrieved from UW Atmospheric Sciences Website Many of you are familiar with Cliff Mass, an atmospheric sciences professor at the UW who has a weather blog (cliffmass.blogspot.com) and a weekly weather discussion slot on KPLU. He is very active in the public scope and gives many […]
Monday, January 9, 2012 11:51 P.M. Saturday… Most snow looks to fall west of here Guess I’d better grab a beer, and hope To bring snow east On Saturday Suddenly Euro worse than what it used to be GFS sucks, and it bothers me Snow some we’ll see But not for me Saturday is actually […]
Friday, October 26, 2012 2:51 P.M. Hi everybody. I just finished a hectic week. Two midterms. A ton of homework. I even finished an entire package of Omega-Three gummy bears from Costco. Maybe it’s a stress thing. But honestly, the thing that made this week the most hectic, was this. This, my friends, is a […]
Sunday, September 23, 2012 3:10 P.M. It’s been bad. Interesting weather is my drug of choice, and unlike most recreational drugs, it has good long term effects which include but are not limited to career opportunities, meeting new people, and the knowledge to impress and win the hearts of millions in the Seattle metropolitan area. […]
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:53 A.M. Photo Credit: Jenni Whalen So, I was talking a peek at the weather models this morning, and unfortunately, this morning’s runs look even wetter than before! I’m not complaining, as this will be great for our mountain snowpack, but it is sure to be an inconvenience for many around here. […]
