Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
I have a somewhat bad habit of overusing alliteration in my titles and posts, and this post marks the second consecutive post I’ve made a tongue-twisting title revolving around spring. But when you realize how many weather words begin with the letter s… supercell, sleet/snow/slush, all the stratus clouds, and even Sharknados 1-4 (rumor has it […]
Hi everybody! I apologize for the delay in posts over the past several days – I have been working very hard on my Grads scripts and have been trying to figure out how to get them online! For those who don’t know, Grads is a programming language used to plotted gridded datasets such as those […]
After dealing with lowland snow Sunday/Monday, heavy rain Wednesday/Thursday, and a minor windstorm today, Pacific Northwesterners will finally get a much-deserved respite from the wacky weather we’ve witnessed recently. Today’s winds were caused by a degrading 999 mb cyclone making landfall on the Olympic Peninsula. As is typical, the strongest gusts were in the mountains, […]
While we’ve been cool and dry here in Western Washington over the past few days, areas of Southern Oregon and Northern California have been getting absolutely pummeled with snow! With modified arctic air already in place, a system that was still strengthening as it made landfall stormed ashore the Oregon/California border last night and dropped […]
I’m very busy today preparing for a Christmas-Eve party with my family, but I thought I’d get in a quick Christmas Eve and Christmas Day forecast for the citizens of Western Washington, as well as a quick aviation forecast for tonight so that Santa knows what he’s dealing with as he somehow travels down millions […]
After two weeks of subfreezing temperatures, snowfall, and even sleet and freezing rain for folks living in Bellingham and near the Columbia River Gorge, a major pattern change towards warmer and wetter weather is in store for us. Although I like the cold (and LOVE the snow that sometimes comes with it), I’m excited to transition back to a much more active pattern that promises to bring gobs of snow to the mountains, heavy rain to the lowlands, and blustery winds just about everywhere.
Good afternoon everybody! I hope Saturday treats you well. Today is a fantastic day to get outside and rake up the leaves from what has thus far been a very active October! Expect mostly cloudy skies with highs near 60, which is a couple degrees above average for this time of the year. Overnight, a […]
As the meteorologists eye the weather models, I think it’s time to get the raincoats ready! Stormy weather is on the horizon and I’m excited! It has been a graceful transition from summer to fall so far. Warm and sunny days were replaced with mild temps and mixed sun, clouds and showers. Not too bad! […]
Good afternoon everybody! I hope Hump Day is treating you all well. After hitting 77 degrees Sunday and 78 degrees Monday at Sea-Tac airport under bluebird skies, highs only reached the upper 60s throughout Western Washington on Tuesday as a weak frontal system ushered in cool, marine air into the Pacific Northwest. And it’s about […]
Good morning friends! We are off to a cloudy start in Portland and throughout the Willamette Valley, and the Puget Sound area is seeing filtered sunshine as low clouds have been quicker to burn off there than areas further south. A frontal system is spreading some additional cloud cover over the NW Washington coast, but […]
