Summer’s Grand Finale

Back in June, most extended forecasts were calling for near or slightly cooler-than-average temperatures for the Pacific Northwest with near or slightly below-average precipitation. It was a reasonable forecast; after all, we had just gone through one of the wettest and coolest springs on record, and a moderate La Nina was expected to persist through […]

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2015: The Warmest Year On Record

Thursday, January 28, 2016  1:44 pm Credit: NOAA National Center for Environmental InformationRetrieved from www.resilientdesign.org 2015 was destined to be the warmest year on record. In terms of ocean temperatures, we had one of the strongest El Niños on record brewing in the Tropical Pacific, a mighty “Blob” of warm water in the Northeast Pacific, and abundant […]

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Why Such a Hot Summer?

Saturday, July 11, 2015 5:04 pm Hello everybody! I’ve been living in the woods for the past 3+ weeks up near Granite Falls, Washington, and there ain’t no WIFI in the woods, so that’s why the blogs have temporarily ceased. But right now, I am just relaxing at home, as I have a day off […]

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(no title) Sunday January 31

Sunday, January 31, 2010 11:58 A.M. Wow. It has been a long time since I last posted something. I’ve been very busy with finals and studying. Now though, I hope I’ll have a bit more free time. Right now we are stuck in a pattern of storms coming to our south and us getting the […]

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