So many things to blog about… so little time. Today was by FAR the warmest day of the year for the Pacific Northwest. The Portland Airport hit 81 degrees, making this year the first year since records began back in 1940 that we’ve had an 80 degree high before a 70 degree high. Of course, […]
ATMOS 301: Composition and Fundamental Physics
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 11:24 a.m. Greetings everybody. I hope you’ll forgive me for my lack of recent posts. You see, there’s this thing called college, and, well, it has these things called midterms. And these midterms, well, they take up a fair amount of your time and energy. And by a fair amount, I […]
If You Can Hear Thunder, Does That Mean There is Lightning?
Friends say the darndest things… I don’t have the same “drive” to update my blog in the summer as I do in the winter. You’ve probably noticed. But folks, this last week has been pretty amazing. I can’t recall ever seeing a week with as much thunderstorms in the lowlands as this one. And while […]
Well into Summer
Thursday, July 15, 2010 9:52 A.M. It’s hard to believe that only a few weeks ago we were wondering if we were ever going to reach 75 degrees for a high. I, for one, was hoping for us to stay at 74 for the rest of the summer. In other words, have a nice, comfortable […]