Tuesday, January 10, 201212:48 P.M. Photo Credit: Alistair Grant I’m actually taking a class that discusses the current weather over the world once every week, so I thought I’d go ahead and post my notes on my blog! Of course, it will be more of a summary/story of my notes, because my notes are pretty […]
Inconsistencies in the Models
Monday, January 9, 2011 11:06 A.M. As I sit in the Ocean Sciences building waiting for my “Climatic Extremes” class, I can’t help but wish for more exciting weather around here. Thankfully, some of the models are giving me some hope that we could see change, but other models give us weather that is even […]
Southern Plains Snowstorm!!
Monday, December 19, 2011 3:55 P.M. Santa Fe – December 19, 2011 – Photo Credit: AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Dean Hanson I’ve been trying to find creative things to write about on this blog, but I haven’t had the creativity because of finals week, and I haven’t found anything interesting about the weather either. The […]
A Record Day at Sea-Tac
Thursday, December 1, 2011 12:42 P.M. Sound like you? Actually, all of us have been under a lot of pressure lately. While the weather outside seems mundane (and believe me, it is), Sea-Tac has seen the highest pressure readings since observations began there in 1948 over the past 12 hours. The below figures show the […]
Arctic Air Next Week?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:01 P.M. Yeah, I know No-Shave November is completely unrelated to weather. However, the model runs this morning made me hesitant about shaving my patchy, warming layer of facial hair. Remember how I was talking about how areas east of us would see very cold air next week due to the […]
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Snow in the Mountains
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:18 A.M. This has got to be another quick post… I have class in 12 minutes, and I need to walk over there as well. This isn’t quite the “classic” setup for flooding in Western Washington. The reason? The snow levels are too low. Many of our major flooding events have […]
A Snow Non-Event
Friday, November 18, 2011 10:25 P.M. Various places around the area have seen some snow tonight, even places in Seattle. However, our snow looks over for now. The models were showing a low pressure system coming in around Grays Harbor overnight and giving us additional snow showers, but this low pressure system is much weaker […]
Snow Looking a Bit More Likely
Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:51 P.M. I’ve got some great news for all you snow lovers! The new 12z model runs came out this morning, and both of our high-resolution models at the UW are pointing to a bit of snow in the Western Washington lowlands! This is the first run that has really shown […]
The Convergence Zone that Keeps on Giving
Monday, November 14, 2011 6:12 P.M. Weather Radar from the NWS at 9:06 A.M. PST The Puget Sound area commonly gets strong convergence zones in the winter, but I have never seen one as persistent as the one that happened today. This convergence zone brought tons of snow to the central slopes of the Cascades, […]
Yesterday’s Weather, Turning Colder
Saturday, November 11, 2011 1:59 P.M. Before I elaborate on what I think the weather will be like, I’d like to point out the strength of the front we saw yesterday. Yesterday’s front wasn’t big and didn’t produce a whole bunch of rain, but it was strong and consolidated, and it really packed quite a […]
