Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:48 p.m. We got a quarter of an inch earlier this month, but we got nothing in July, and I don’t recall it raining very hard in June either. I was in Micronesia and it was plenty rainy there, but I don’t recall hearing of any torrential rains in Seattle. And […]
The Graceful Apocalypse: Part 1 – Basic Thunderstorm Knowledge
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 4:25 P.M. Last Friday night will rank up, at least in my mind, with some of the most memorable weather events in Seattle’s history. That means I’ll put it right up there with the Inaugural Day Storm, the Hanukkah Eve Storm (and associated torrential downpour), the December 2008 snow events, the 2007 Great Coastal Gale… […]
It’s Thursday, Thursday.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 9:43 A.M. Yes, it may not be Friday, and the weekend may actually be two days away, but I’m still pretty darn excited. Besides it being Easter Sunday, which is always in style, the weather is expected to be nicer than it has been in a while. It certainly won’t be hot […]
Tornadoes of 2011
We have, as of May 24th, seen 1,208 tornadoes this year, and there was a significant tornado outbreak yesterday and another smaller one today. That is absolutely incredible. The average for the entire year in the U.S. is 1274, a record we will surely break. At this rate, it is also highly likely that we […]
A Late-Night Update
Monday, March 7, 2011 2:41 A.M. Hey everybody, I can’t fall asleep, so what better thing to do than write a weather forecast? Sounds like a plan to me. We have been seeing cooler than normal weather for spring, which is actually very typical weather. What I have noticed is that spring weather is usually […]