Friday, November 16, 2012 8:50 A.M. I’m happy. You know why I’m happy? Because we will finally see a string of strong storms that will streak from ocean to peak through next week. Now that was clever. Let’s look at the timeline for our storms. Our first storm comes in on Saturday morning. This one […]
Snow Looking a Bit More Likely
Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:51 P.M. I’ve got some great news for all you snow lovers! The new 12z model runs came out this morning, and both of our high-resolution models at the UW are pointing to a bit of snow in the Western Washington lowlands! This is the first run that has really shown […]
First “major” storm of the year
Saturday, September 17, 2011 10:56 A.M. 9/17/11 10:45 A.M. PDT infrared satellite (taken from UW atmos website) Ladies and gentlemen, it appears that our first “major” storm of the year is upon us. I say “major” because it will likely be the biggest storm we have seen in months. However, I put quotes around it […]
Pineapple Express
Saturday, December 11, 2010 2:18 P.M. Wait a minute… There we go. 🙂 The word is out that we will likely see some of the biggest flooding since January 2009 on some rivers, and January 2009 was a record-breaking event for the Snoqualmie @ Carnation and saw major flooding on many other rivers. Some rivers […]
Flooding?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 5:44 P.M. I know… I know… I haven’t updated it in a while. Same story as always… I’ve been extremely busy. I thought senior year was supposed to be a breeze! Not with my class schedule… we will see if all my hard work pays off and I get into college. […]
Pacific Storm Train Ramping Up?
October 17, 2010 Hey everybody, thanks for continuing to read my blog, it means a lot. I know I’ve not been writing for a while, that generally means I just have a bunch of homework to do, as was the case this past week. I still have a ton of homework to do, but I […]
What is El Nino Southern Oscillation? (ENSO)
El Nino and La Nina are both part of the El Nino Southern Oscilliation (ENSO) pattern in the eastern tropical Pacific ocean. This oscillation, or switching, refers to the temperature of the water in that region. In a La Nina phase, the water temperatures are cooler than normal, and in an El Nino phase, the […]
Floods in the Pacific Northwest
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Many people would be surprised to find out that the Pacific Northwest gets some of the biggest floods in the world. The reason why it is not common knowledge is because the places that flood are usually sparsely populated (like Snoqualmie or Concrete) or have no people at all (like many […]
Wet and Warm
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:37 P.M. Hey everybody. Just a brief update now… I have to catch the bus soon… but we saw some pretty heavy rain amounts here as a Pineapple Express was stalled over the area. Amounts of an inch, higher south, were common in the Puget Sound area, while places in the […]
Possible End to Split Flow Next Week?
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 3:19 P.M. Hello everybody. The models today have been showing some interesting stuff in the long run. And although the job of meteorologists is exactly to NOT do what I am doing now – hyping up predictions in the computer models – I’m going to do it anyway because it’s fun […]
