Monday, November 28, 2011 4:22 P.M. 05:31 pm PST Sun 27 Nov 2011 Sorry for the lack of posts over the Thanksgiving weekend, I was at home and the internet there is dreadfully slow… so slow that it is impractical to use. And forget about using blogger… Last night, we saw an incredibly well-defined convergence […]
Statistics From The Past Storm and Thanksgiving Travel Woes
Thursday, November 24, 2011 1:16 P.M. November 23, 2011 – taken from KOMO News I finally found some stats from the storm that hit us earlier this week. Below are some rainfall totals for areas in Washington from 7 A.M. Monday to 7 A.M. Wednesday. These statistics were taken off Scott Sistek’s KOMO blog, “Partly […]
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One Storm Down, Another To Go
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
