Tuesday, November 17, 2015 10:34 am Things are really ramping up now throughout Western Washington. The all-important PDX-BLI gradient, which was forecast to max out at 14-18 hPa, is already at 18 hPa, and continues to slowly rise. There is a chance that the gradient could reach 19 hPa at some point today. Regardless of […]
Windstorm Update
Monday, November 16, 2015 4:44 pm It’s looking more and more like a significant windstorm may be in the works. The models are not as bullish about this storm as they were yesterday morning, but they are still showing very strong winds with widespread power outages possible. Charge your devices tonight! Water Vapor Image Taken […]
Putting that Big Midwest Storm in Perspective
October 27, 2010 1:59 P.M. Look at that storm!!! Now, many of you may have heard about the huge storm in the Midwest. There has been a lot of talk about it being the strongest extratropical storm on record on the contiguous 48 states. The media generally says it is. However, many of the local […]
So… What Happened?
November 22, 2009 10:59 A.M. Good morning everybody. Many of you guys weren’t up late at night like me, but if you were, I’m sure you’d be asking the same question… “where is the wind?” Well, the surface low, instead of taking a track towards the central Washington coast like the models showed, took a […]
An Intense Low and SNOW!!!
November 21, 2009 1:38 P.M. Look at the graphic above. It shows the track of the vigorous low I was talking about in earlier posts. This low looks like it will not bring high winds to our area, but the coast and southwest interior could get slammed. Usually we don’t see winds as strong as […]
