Friday, October 19, 2012 11:03 A.M. Happy Friday everyone!!! Everybody talks about the Sequim rain shadow is the driest place in Western Washington, and for good reason. It is. They only get around 16 inches of rain each year, as they are northeast of the Olympics, and since the winter flow is generally from the […]
Cascadia Subduction Zone
Monday, April 30, 2012 10:49 A.M. I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted. Sorry. I actually haven’t been doing a whole lot of weather related things lately. The weather has been pretty boring around here (and it probably will be until October), so I’ve been focusing on other earth sciences that interest me. […]
Accuweather’s 25 Day Forecast
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:00 A.M. I have a love-hate relationship with Accuweather. On one hand, I love some of the blogs and posts up there, and they are fun to look at. On the other hand, their forecasts are generally pretty inaccurate and they tend not to focus on the West Coast. Today, Accuweather […]
My Weather Station!
Thursday, January 5, 2011 9:38 A.M. I hate to say it, but the weather so far this year has been incredibly boring. Sure, we’ve had a couple rain events here and there, and we did have a windstorm on Christmas Day, but for the most part, even thinking about the weather around here has […]
Mt. Rainier Weather
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:23 P.M. Mt. Rainier is one of the most prominent peaks in the world, and it is certainly the most prominent one in the contiguous United States. Because it is so prominent, it can influence clouds, rainfall, snowfall, and even sunlight for miles. Mt. Rainier gets some especially interesting cloud formations. […]
Different Types of Fog
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:52 P.M. October is the foggiest time of year for the Puget Sound region, and we talked about fog today in my Atmospheric Sciences 101 class with Cliff Mass. I am still amazed by how many specific types of fog there are. We talked about radiation fog, advection fog, upslope fog, […]
The GFS Superensemble!
Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:17 P.M. When there is a period of pleasant but boring weather like there is right now, I generally look at the GFS Superensemble model for insight into the future. It has the designation of being a “Superensemble” not because it is the most accurate model (it isn’t) but because it […]
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 2:40 P.M. Forecasting-wise, there ain’t much to talk about. The possible windstorm has gone completely out the window, and although we will see some rain overnight, it won’t be too significant. After that, we will have a brief drying trend with seasonable temperatures before we see some rain again over the […]
More Resolution Info, and a “Special Weather Statement”
Saturday, October 1, 20113:51 P.M. I learned a little bit about resolution today from my friend Greg Carstens, who is the coordinator of the Pierce County CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow) network. When the UW models say “36 km resolution,” it refers to the detail of the existing hi-definition satellite from 36 km above the surface. […]
University of Washington Models, and Stormy Early Next Week?
Friday, September 30, 2011 6:06 P.M. Now that I am an official UW student, I figure I might as well advertise the super-ultra-awesome mesoscale modes at the University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences Website. There are two main models that the University of Washington runs. These are the NAM (North American Mesoscale) and GFS […]