Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:23 A.M. The Pacific Northwest has seen incredible amounts of rain over the last 48 hours. A stationary front stalled over our region and directed relatively warm, moist air over our region, giving us heavy rain and strong winds, especially further south along the Oregon coast. In the lowlands, anywhere from […]
Thin Band of Heavy Rain
Monday, November 21, 2011 12:03 P.M. Valid 01:00 pm PST Tue, 22 Nov 2011 – 33hr Fcst – UW 12z 4km 1-hour precip, 10m winds I just got out of my atmospheric sciences class, and I want to talk about a specific feature associated with this front that will make a huge difference in determining […]
Storm Looking Even Bigger
Monday, November 21, 2011 10:07 A.M. I have to be brief, as I will have classes in 20 minutes, but I thought I’d give you an update on the major storm that will impact us tonight into Wednesday. I looked over the model runs this morning, and it looks as if the storm is now […]
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Major Storm On Tuesday
Sunday, November 20, 2011 8:43 P.M. Carol Snider – Urban Flooding in Seattle – December 3, 2007 Approximately four years ago, one of the strongest storms to ever hit our area, the “Great Coastal Gale,” brought hurricane-force winds to the coast and major flooding throughout the area. While the inland areas didn’t get hit quite […]
Moderate Rain Now, Lumpy Rain Friday, and Heavy Rain Tuesday
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:59 P.M. Currently, we are seeing some moderate rain as a pretty strong system comes through. In addition, we will see some gusty winds tonight, as we will have a strong pressure gradient over us from this system. Take a look at the winds forecast at 1 A.M. PST tonight. You […]
Heavy Showers
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 2:28 P.M. Last night, I went walking with some friends around the UW campus just to get a breath of fresh air and get some relief from the plethora of work thrust upon us by our most excellent professors. I knew that showers were in the forecast, but I failed to […]
Updated Forecast, Heavy Rain on Monday?
Tuesday, September 21, 2011 1:08 P.M. I’m writing this from the Seattle Public Library since I am not at home right now. I’m actually waiting for ID from the Department of Licensing downtown, which will take a while. Anyway, the models have not changed their thinking much today. That big storm from that powerful wave […]
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Mostly Dry This Week, Wet Next Week, and Watermelons
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 6:57 P.M. Painting or time-lapse photo? Autumn officially begins 2:05 A.M. PDT Friday, September 23, but we’ll still have some nice weather for the next week or so. Looking at the models and National Weather Service discussions today, it seems as though we won’t be quite as sunny as we previously […]
Pineapple Express
Saturday, December 11, 2010 2:18 P.M. Wait a minute… There we go. 🙂 The word is out that we will likely see some of the biggest flooding since January 2009 on some rivers, and January 2009 was a record-breaking event for the Snoqualmie @ Carnation and saw major flooding on many other rivers. Some rivers […]
Flooding?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 5:44 P.M. I know… I know… I haven’t updated it in a while. Same story as always… I’ve been extremely busy. I thought senior year was supposed to be a breeze! Not with my class schedule… we will see if all my hard work pays off and I get into college. […]
