Some more recent storms

A church steeple in Bay City completely destroyed by hurricane-force winds

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 3:21 P.M. After the Columbus Day Storm, we would be without a major storm for some time. But we had a major windstorm on November 13, 1981. This storm was actually similar to the Columbus Day Storm in depth and track, but its track took it a little further offshore, preventing […]

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How our strongest storms form

September 10, 2010 3:31 P.M. Hey everybody. I’ll pick up the tab on where we left off on yesterday. I must emphasize that the contents of this blog are not my own ideas, sure I’m not copying and pasting (except for quotes), but I’m really relying on a variety of sources including books by Glenn […]

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Historical Windstorms of the Pacific Northwest

September 9, 2010 5:01 P.M. While the weather is still pretty boring, I thought it would be a good idea to go over some different topics that are still related to weather, even if they aren’t my own forecasts for the upcoming days. I’ll cover a couple notable storms each day, going in chronological order. […]

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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 […]

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