Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
What beautiful weather we’ve had this week! I’ve been outside in shorts & a t-shirt the past few days, and let me tell ya – 60 degrees has never felt so warm before! The snowstorms of mid-February seem like a distant memory, though the widespread tree damage around my neighborhood is a sober reminder of […]
Meteorologically speaking, I can’t remember ever seeing a more boring November & first half of December in my life. I was looking through some climate stats, and the last time Portland saw at least a half inch of rain was on September 17, when 1.01 inches of liquid sunshine fell at the airport. The last […]
Sunrise looking SE over Lake Washington from Seattle Sunset looking W over Clayoquot Sound from Tofino, B.C. In the Pacific Northwest, spectacular sunsets and sunrises are the norm. Some of the most amazing sunsets I have ever seen in my life have occurred while fishing off the coast of Vancouver Island, and some of the […]
