Friday, September 23, 2011 12:10 A.M. Hi everybody, I just moved into my dorm today. The weather system coming in for next Monday looks significantly different in the models from what it looked just a day ago. Whereas the models before showed a large front sitting over the area and giving us heavy rain, the […]
Storm Update
Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:30 P.M. It looks as if the rain has spread in much earlier than I anticipated, so I am shifting rain totals higher amounts (up to a half inch in the lowlands) and am expecting the rain to stop and shift to showers Sunday morning. I guess the model I looked […]
First “major” storm of the year
Saturday, September 17, 2011 10:56 A.M. 9/17/11 10:45 A.M. PDT infrared satellite (taken from UW atmos website) Ladies and gentlemen, it appears that our first “major” storm of the year is upon us. I say “major” because it will likely be the biggest storm we have seen in months. However, I put quotes around it […]
Tropical vs. Extratropical Cyclones
Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:05 P.M. I’m doing what would be Friday’s post today since I will hiking around Mt. Rainier tomorrow. We are now right at or just past the peak of hurricane season, and in a month or so, we should start seeing a more consistent flow of extratropical storms across the Pacific, […]
(no title) Tuesday March 16
Tuesday, March 15 2011 12:31 P.M. I’m actually writing this blog from school right now on Microsoft Word. I can’t actually go through to Blogspot and update it from school, but I think this will do since I can just copy this and put it up when I get home. First, I want to talk […]
Storms
Monday, March 14, 2011 12:22 A.M. I like weather. I’ll update this blog soon.
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