Wednesday, January 6, 2010 3:19 P.M. Hello everybody. The models today have been showing some interesting stuff in the long run. And although the job of meteorologists is exactly to NOT do what I am doing now – hyping up predictions in the computer models – I’m going to do it anyway because it’s fun […]
Why are we drier and warmer than normal during El Nino years?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 5:50 P.M. I said in yesterday’s post that El Nino brings warmer and drier than normal weather to the Pacific Northwest. But I realized that I did not explain why. You see, what El Nino does is amplify the jet stream. You would think that this would give us more rain, […]
Refreshing Rain to Start 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010 5:28 P.M. There was quite a bit of rain this morning, as I’m sure many of you noticed as you headed off to school or work. The radar certainly lit up, and I was impressed when I looked at it right before I darted out of the house this morning. It […]
New Year and a New Pattern
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:01 P.M. Greetings, my friends and fellow weather lovers. As 2009 draws to a close, we can look toward one thing in the weather department – a more active weather pattern. All I can say to this is it is about time. Let’s take a look at our coming system. This […]
Not much going on
Sunday, December 27, 2009 10:02 P.M. Greetings everybody! I have to say, I’m not all that sorry that I haven’t updated this blog because the weather has been unbearably boring. Most people like this “nice” weather but for me “nice” weather consists of floods, hurricane-force winds, and lightning powerful to make the galaxy rumble. That’s […]
Global Warming Misconceptions
Monday, December 21, 2009 11:29 P.M. Hey everybody! There’s not much to talk about in terms of weather, seeing as the pattern is pretty benign right now, but as I’m sure you are all aware of (or at least most), there was a large climate conference called Climategate. I’m not sure where exactly it was, […]
Not much to talk about
Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:45 P.M. Greetings everybody, and I hope you had a good Thursday. I’m just going to make this brief because the forecast is looking essentially the same as yesterday and there isn’t really much to talk about. The only thing of real interest is that the GFS now shows temps a […]
Heavy Showers Now
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:28 P.M. Hey everybody! Look at the radar! As you can see, heavy post-frontal showers are swinging through the region after a warm front passed through today. This radar image provides a good example of what orographic enhancement is. Look at the Cascades. There are much more showers around them than […]
Don’t get too excited
Monday December 14, 2009 7:11 P.M. I’ve had a lot of people come up to me today and desperately ask me if we are going to get snow tonight and possibly have a two hour late start tonight. Here is the answer. Absolutely not. The Seattle area will see no snow at all. The only […]
No snow
Sunday, December 13, 2009 11:22 P.M. Sorry guys for not updating this earlier. I’ve been out and about all day doing chores and the time I have been home has been spent working on homework. Nevertheless, there is about a one percent chance of snow tonight, and that would be if an arctic front sweeped […]
