Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
This past Sunday, I went trout fishing on the Yakima River with my dad and brother. The trout were there, but they were sluggish and not particularly enthusiastic about our flies. We didn’t had any hits on dry flies and had a few hits on nymphs, but we were unable to bring any to the […]
So far this year, I’ve only got one day of skiing in, and I count myself lucky to even have that! I went with some weather colleagues up to Mt. Hood Meadows a few Saturdays back, and the amount of snow cover there was downright depressing. On the other hand, if I can get up […]
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 […]
Obama Meeting With Trump In The Oval Office On November 10, 2016 Credit: Pete Souza Whether you voted for or against him, you cannot deny that Donald Trump has said many outrageous things over the course of his campaign. And luckily for us, some of the most outrageous things he has said have been about […]
Sunday, December 8, 2013 7:56 p.m. Were all familiar with Isaac Newton. You know, that “apple” guy. Or was it a peach? Either way, I’m sure most of you are also familiar with his second law, which says that F=ma, or that Force = mass*acceleration. There are three types of horizontal forces in the atmosphere […]
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 9:16 p.m. One thing I never really paid attention to coming into this class was the surface station models. They are helpful and all, but they are difficult to look at. I mean, take a look at this chart below. It’s ugly enough as is, and to think that it’s a […]
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 11:24 a.m. Greetings everybody. I hope you’ll forgive me for my lack of recent posts. You see, there’s this thing called college, and, well, it has these things called midterms. And these midterms, well, they take up a fair amount of your time and energy. And by a fair amount, I […]
Friday, November 16, 2012 8:50 A.M. I’m happy. You know why I’m happy? Because we will finally see a string of strong storms that will streak from ocean to peak through next week. Now that was clever. Let’s look at the timeline for our storms. Our first storm comes in on Saturday morning. This one […]
Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:52 P.M. I’m a weather fanatic, and most of you know that. But during the last 80 days, I’ve been out of touch with my meteorological side. Back in September, if you asked me what the weather was going to be a week from now, I would have no clue. All […]
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 […]
