Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
Friday, April 5, 2013 12:20 P.M. Thunderstorms in Seattle are very rare. Seattle doesn’t tend to get much in the way of ‘severe’ weather, where ‘severe’ is defined to be tornadoes/hail/rain/wind etc. from strong thunderstorms. When we do get thunderstorms though, it’s always fun to see, and we get occasional storms that drift westward over the […]
Thursday, January 5, 2011 9:38 A.M. I hate to say it, but the weather so far this year has been incredibly boring. Sure, we’ve had a couple rain events here and there, and we did have a windstorm on Christmas Day, but for the most part, even thinking about the weather around here has […]
Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:17 P.M. When there is a period of pleasant but boring weather like there is right now, I generally look at the GFS Superensemble model for insight into the future. It has the designation of being a “Superensemble” not because it is the most accurate model (it isn’t) but because it […]
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 2:40 P.M. Forecasting-wise, there ain’t much to talk about. The possible windstorm has gone completely out the window, and although we will see some rain overnight, it won’t be too significant. After that, we will have a brief drying trend with seasonable temperatures before we see some rain again over the […]
Saturday, October 1, 20113:51 P.M. I learned a little bit about resolution today from my friend Greg Carstens, who is the coordinator of the Pierce County CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow) network. When the UW models say “36 km resolution,” it refers to the detail of the existing hi-definition satellite from 36 km above the surface. […]
September 21, 2011 10:44 P.M. 11:59 pm PST Sun 02 Dec 2007 Radar Image The above picture was taken around midnight on Monday, December 3, 2007. I remember the day of this storm because it was one of the strongest storms I have ever seen in my life. This storm has since been known as […]
