Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:01 P.M. Now, I know this isn’t the most glamorous picture, but take a look at how snowy it is up there at Alpental! The mountains ave seen a TON of snow recently, and this trend looks to continue into the foreseeable future. Why so much snow? The answer, my friends, is […]
Snow in the Mountains
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:18 A.M. This has got to be another quick post… I have class in 12 minutes, and I need to walk over there as well. This isn’t quite the “classic” setup for flooding in Western Washington. The reason? The snow levels are too low. Many of our major flooding events have […]
The Convergence Zone that Keeps on Giving
Monday, November 14, 2011 6:12 P.M. Weather Radar from the NWS at 9:06 A.M. PST The Puget Sound area commonly gets strong convergence zones in the winter, but I have never seen one as persistent as the one that happened today. This convergence zone brought tons of snow to the central slopes of the Cascades, […]
A Little Bit of Mountain Snow, and Possible Excitement in the Extended?
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 11:20 A.M. Valid 05:00 pm PDT Thu, 03 Nov 2011 – 36hr Fcst – UW 4km 12z WRF-GFS 24-hour snowfall The Northeast got walloped by snowfall this past weekend, but we will soon see our first pass-level snowfall event in the mountains! There will be no power outages to millions of […]
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Monday, October 10, 2011 9:34 A.M. Don’t you just love these National Weather Service graphics? It’s hard to find one single graphic that has so many explanations and a model picture, but the NWS issues them when there is some sort of significant weather occurring. Pretty awesome!!! Over the next few days, we will get […]
Mountain Snowfall Forecast Gaining More Credibility
Friday, October 7, 2011 11:15 A.M. Looking at the WRF-GFS models from the UW this morning, I have some good news for winter sports and water supply enthusiasts everywhere! The forecast for significant snowfall in the mountains is gaining more credibility. It isn’t a slam dunk, but it definitely is looking more likely after the […]
First Significant Mountain Snowfall?
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 […]
Storm on the Way
Thursday, April 1, 2010 4:05 P.M. Hey everybody. The storm is on it’s way. We have a lot to look at. The four frames above show the development of the low pressure system according to the NAM model in three hour frames from 2 A.M. Friday to 11 A.M. Friday. First, though, let’s look at […]
Weak storm coming
Thursday, April 1, 2010 12:05 A.M. So there’s a weak storm coming in later today. Not much to talk about. APRIL FOOLS!!! The strongest storm of the year looks to come in later today and especially on Friday. So strong in fact, that I’ve cancelled my prospective visit to UBC to check it out. Models […]
Another Big Storm and Tons of Snow in the Mountains
Sunday, March 28, 2010 9:23 P.M. Hey all, I’m sorry I haven’t updated in so long. Junior year man… if you are an underclassman, get ready for it. It’s intense. And the fact that I want to be successful in life is what is keeping me bogged down with work and causing me stress. I […]
