Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
Rumors of ol’ El returning for summer 2017 have been percolating through meteorological echo chambers for the past few months, but in the past few days, mainstream media outlets like the New York Times have spilled the beans to the bourgeoisie and proletariat alike, alerting Americans of all walks of life that another El Nino […]
Not many people know that March, on average, is nearly as snowy as February for most of the Cascades and Olympics. Snoqualmie Pass, for example, averages 72 inches for February vs 71.7 inches for March. Yes, March does have an unfair advantage in terms of length, but with days rapidly becoming longer, storms becoming weaker, […]
The 2016-2017 winter has been an extraordinarily wet winter for California, but Washington and Northern Oregon have actually been drier than normal for most of the winter. But with Seattle on track to break their all-time reocrd for monthly rainfall in February and Portland not too far behind, one wonders what is responsible for the […]
Well, it was nice while it lasted. But all good things must come to an end, and this year’s weak La Niña is no exception. Brie Hawkins of Little Bear Creek Weather mentioned to me this morning that NOAA announced that La Niña was officially over, so I thought I’d write a blog reviewing its […]
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 […]
In my recent winter weather outlook, I talked about the rapid demise of the “Blob” of warm water in the Northeast Pacific due to a persistent parade of storms over the area. But with the Blob’s downfall rose a new feature – a huge area of below-normal SSTs throughout the Northern Pacific. Take a look. On October […]
Good afternoon everybody! I hope everybody is doing alright today. I’m sure that many readers of this blog are dismayed by the results of the election Tuesday night. Like many others, I am ready to move on from this brutal political season and start rebuilding. Although we have many questions looking forward, I believe we can at […]
This November, Washington voters have a rare opportunity to both make our tax system more progressive and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. They can do this by voting YES on I-732 this November. I-732 is a revenue-neutral carbon tax initiative that will impose a tax on both fossil fuels and electricity generated from these fuels. […]
It’s back! Granted, some say it never went away. Responsible for record warmth from late 2013 through the summer of 2015, the Blob weakened considerably when one of the strongest El Ninos on record sent a barrage of storms through the Pacific Northwest, giving many locations their wettest winter on record and churning up the […]
The Climate Prediction Center came out with an outlook on the El Nino/La Nina climate patterns for this year, and it looks “neither here nor there”. The ocean temperatures off the coast of South America are expected to remain neutral as opposed to warmer(El Nino) or cooler (La Nina). What does this mean for the […]
