According to a 2005 Gallup poll, Americans think November is the 8th best month of the year. November has a few things going for it; the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, increasingly competitive football games, not-shaving – but it seems most Americans believe these attributes are overshadowed by how dark, cold, and depressing the month is […]
Storm Season Begins Wednesday
We will enter a much stormier pattern Wednesday that will persist through the weekend and possibly beyond, with moderate/strong systems affecting the area every 24-36 hours. Because these storms will be quick-moving and temperatures will be relatively cool, no flooding is expected and we will instead see significant early-season snowfall in the mountains. Not enough […]
Wind, Rain, Mountain Snow, and Big Waves this Week!
After a brief break this weekend, the coming week will feature the classic quadfecta of winter weather: rain, wind, mountain snow, and big waves on the coast. As far as mountain snow goes, I couldn’t be happier, as I’m heading up to Whistler tomorrow and am looking forward to a snowy week up there. And […]
A Surprisingly Strong Springtime Storm
Hi everybody, I’m back after a brief break from blogging! I’ve been working like mad on finding out how to automatically upload some of the model charts I’ve created to the internet, and I broke new ground today and finally did it! This means that now, you’ll be able to view some of the latest […]
ATMOS 301: Troughs, Ridges, Waves, and Fronts
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:40 p.m. It almost sounds like it could be a Dr. Seuss poem. Troughs, ridges, waves and fronts. Ditches, mountains, surfboards, and stunts. Anyway, this will be the last of my “light duty” reviews/online lectures/blogs. The next section will be on gas laws and atmospheric thermodynamics. I’ll try and write them […]
And… Storm Season is Underway!
October 24, 2010 10:21 P.M. I hope you guys like the new blogger template by the way. I don’t care for it too much but it is a newer update so I can do more stuff, like put bigger pictures on it and stuff. I’m a fan of bigger pictures. ‘merica, right? Bigger is better. However, […]