Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
By now, many of us have heard of the term “bomb cyclone.” Just like “polar vortex,” “bomb cyclone”/”bombogenesis”/”meteorological bomb” (and many other bomb-related derivatives) has actually been in the meteorological literature for decades, first entering the vernacular in the Bergen School in the 40s and 50s to describe the explosively-developing cyclones over the North Atlantic. […]
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 […]
Sunday, November 15, 2015 1:00 pm Wow, we have a lot to talk about. It’s been a very long time since the weather has been this exciting! Credit: WSDOT Flickr Page First off, the rain has died down around Western Washington and most rivers have receded below flood stage. The Snohomish River at Snohomish, The Skokomish […]
Monday, August 31, 2015 1:14 pm I’ll just cut to the chase here… Saturday’s storm destroyed my weather station at our house on Whidbey Island. Before the storm, there were three cups on the anemometer. Now, there are two, and the station is not reporting. It was never very reliable anyway, but now it is […]
Friday, August 28, 2015 11:36 pm Most of our wildfires are actually started by lightning, but that doesn’t mean you can have a tannerite party during a red flag warning., Hey everybody! I’m finally back from summer camp, and while I had an amazing time there, I am very excited to sleep in my own […]
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 1:46 pm Last Thursday night, right after I had finished my final, my mom and I decided to trek up to Sandy Hook, which is a little coastal community situated on Cultus Bay on the southern tip of Whidbey Island, to catch what ended up being the biggest windstorm of the […]
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:23 A.M. The Pacific Northwest has seen incredible amounts of rain over the last 48 hours. A stationary front stalled over our region and directed relatively warm, moist air over our region, giving us heavy rain and strong winds, especially further south along the Oregon coast. In the lowlands, anywhere from […]
Tuesday, March 15 2011 12:31 P.M. I’m actually writing this blog from school right now on Microsoft Word. I can’t actually go through to Blogspot and update it from school, but I think this will do since I can just copy this and put it up when I get home. First, I want to talk […]
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 […]
October 23, 2010 2:01 P.M. Many of you guys probably noticed that I didn’t update the blog the last couple days. I had a ton of homework. I’m not taking the easy way out of high school, I’m taking some really advanced classes so I can get into some good colleges. Then it will be […]
