The First Flooding of The Season!

Thursday, October 29, 2015 4:59 pm Record flooding in Mt. Rainer National Park, November 2006. Credit: National Park Service For some reason, the weather always seems to get dramatically stormier as soon as we switch from October into November. The weather could be fine for trick-or-treating, and then whammo! November rolls around, and there are more fallen […]

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My Fall Forecast

Sunday, September 13, 2015 5:19 pm If you ask an astronomer when summer ends, they’ll tell you “September 23.” That is the date of the autumnal equinox, the date when the day and night are approximately equal in length (the day is always a couple minutes longer because the sun does not set all at […]

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In With The Rains, Out With The Flames

Friday, August 28, 2015 11:36 pm Most of our wildfires are actually started by lightning, but that doesn’t mean you can have a tannerite party during a red flag warning., Hey everybody! I’m finally back from summer camp, and while I had an amazing time there, I am very excited to sleep in my own […]

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My Winter Weather Outlook

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 6:02 pm Hey everybody, I actually just produced a winter weather outlook for WeatherOn, and you can find it here. Long story short, our weak El Nino played a major role in my forecast, and the previous existence of the “Blob” did to a lesser extent. Snow in Eugene Enjoy! Charlie

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Windstorm Update #2

Sunday, September 29, 2013 11:27 p.m. Hey everybody, this is just going to be a quick post because I gots to go to bed soon. Anyway, the GFS was correct and the NAM was not. The NAM is often called the “Never Accurate Model” for that very reason. We still have high wind warnings up, […]

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Watching the Satellite

Monday, December 3, 2012 10:36 A.M. 10:00 am PST Mon 03 Dec 2012 – UW West Coast 4km water vapor satellite Good morning everybody, I hope you are all having a nice first week of December. It was pretty rainy last night, but we’ll be heading into some calmer weather soon. However, we’ve got a […]

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The “Frankenstorm” of 2012

Friday, October 26, 2012 2:51 P.M. Hi everybody. I just finished a hectic week. Two midterms. A ton of homework. I even finished an entire package of Omega-Three gummy bears from Costco. Maybe it’s a stress thing. But honestly, the thing that made this week the most hectic, was this. This, my friends, is a […]

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Models Pessimistic, Charlie Optimistic

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:05 P.M. So, the latest model runs have come in, and they are moving the storm even further south. For snow lovers who live in Seattle, this is bad news. However, I’ve been watching the radar, and I believe that we will see more snow than is currently forecast by the […]

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Not Much to Talk About

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:29 P.M. Not much to talk about today… there is an unstable air mass over the area, although most of the activity is over Vancouver Island. There may be an isolated thunderstorm over northern Washington. The atmosphere will stabilize over the next couple days, and Thursday in particular will be a […]

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Snow chances today and tomorrow

Sunday, November 21, 2010 12:28 P.M. Hey guys. Some of you saw some snow flurries this morning. Some of you did not. It depends on where you live and your elevation. I say some flurries but no accumulation. It was pretty though. Let’s discuss snow probabilities. I read Cliff Mass’ blog the other night and […]

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