Monday, October 4, 2010 11:10 P.M. Hey everbody. I’m not sure how many of you have heard, but this winter has the possibility of being an extremely snowy one, both for the lowlands and the mountains, but especially for the mountains. Why? Because we have an EXTRAORDINARILY intense La Nina event brewing near the equator. […]
More on the Misconceptions of Global Warming
More on the Misconceptions of Global Warming Friday, February 5, 2010 10:53 P.M. There’s really not much to talk about as far as weather goes. More of the same boring stuff. There is only ONE reason I like El Nino. That reason is that it often results in good tuna fishing off of our coast […]
Why are we drier and warmer than normal during El Nino years?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 5:50 P.M. I said in yesterday’s post that El Nino brings warmer and drier than normal weather to the Pacific Northwest. But I realized that I did not explain why. You see, what El Nino does is amplify the jet stream. You would think that this would give us more rain, […]
Refreshing Rain to Start 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010 5:28 P.M. There was quite a bit of rain this morning, as I’m sure many of you noticed as you headed off to school or work. The radar certainly lit up, and I was impressed when I looked at it right before I darted out of the house this morning. It […]
Global Warming Misconceptions
Monday, December 21, 2009 11:29 P.M. Hey everybody! There’s not much to talk about in terms of weather, seeing as the pattern is pretty benign right now, but as I’m sure you are all aware of (or at least most), there was a large climate conference called Climategate. I’m not sure where exactly it was, […]