Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
Sunday, December 8, 2013 11:39 p.m. Numerical weather prediction has gotten pretty darn good over the past few decades, but it wasn’t always that way. But taking this class has made me realize how incredible numerical weather prediction really is. I mean, c’mon now… we take a whole bunch of numbers, put them through these […]
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 […]
Friday, September 30, 2011 6:06 P.M. Now that I am an official UW student, I figure I might as well advertise the super-ultra-awesome mesoscale modes at the University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences Website. There are two main models that the University of Washington runs. These are the NAM (North American Mesoscale) and GFS […]
September 21, 2010 5:43 P.M. Hey guys, I have some breaking news! Ok, just kidding, it’s not really breaking news. The weather models are acting up (I wish they weren’t, THAT would be breaking news!). Tropical systems are being entrained in the westerly flow. This doesn’t necessarily mean we will have a big storm (although […]
