Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
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, […]
I’ve been watching the potential for snow, sleet, and freezing rain in the Portland area Thursday night into Friday as a weak warm front runs into a cold air mass over the area. The front has trended weaker and weaker with recent model runs, so while some snow and freezing rain still appears possible, amounts […]
Thanksgiving Week is, on average, the stormiest week of the year for the Pacific Northwest. And luckily for storm geeks and snow lovers across our region, Turkey Day 2016 will live up to its stormy reputation as a cyclone bringing strong winds, heavy rain, and heaps of mountain snow slams into the Pacific Northwest. That’s […]
It wasn’t the storm of the century. Heck, it wasn’t even the storm of the week. What was advertised to me one of the most destructive storms since the Great Hanukkah Eve Storm of 2006 was nothing more than a breezy day for most people around the Pacific Northwest. When the National Weather Service mentioned […]
Good evening everybody! It was pretty darn blustery around the region today, and things will become even windier Saturday evening as one of the strongest storms since the tempestuous Hanukkah Eve Storm of 2006 roars through Western Washington. So far, the biggest weather story today are the two tornadoes that hit Manzanita and Oceanside on […]
It now appears more likely than it did yesterday that the Puget Sound area will experience a major windstorm on Saturday. Before we get into Saturday though, let’s take a quick look at what’s happening right now. Heavy rain is currently falling throughout the Pacific Northwest. All of this rainfall is associated with a very moist […]
With the growing potential for a historic windstorm on Saturday, I thought it would be good to review how to stay safe during Pacific Northwest windstorms. In addition to creating a “windstorm safety kit,” we’ll review what to do and what NOT to do before, during, and after a major windstorm. Although our windstorms are […]
Hi everybody! Sorry for the delay in posts. I would have gotten more done if it weren’t for the recent revelations regarding Donald Trump. By the way, Donald Trump would be an absolute disaster for our country for many reasons, but one of them is his refusal to do anything about global warming. Though I […]
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 […]
There’s nothing a Pacific Northwest meteorologist likes more than a big windstorm. Flooding rains are interesting, but they make for terrible skiing (something many meteorologists like to do!) and are not nearly as vicious and intense as a windstorm. Snowstorms are awesome because they are so rare, and there’s nothing more beautiful than Seattle with […]
