Sunday, November 15, 2015 1:00 pm Wow, we have a lot to talk about. It’s been a very long time since the weather has been this exciting! Credit: WSDOT Flickr Page First off, the rain has died down around Western Washington and most rivers have receded below flood stage. The Snohomish River at Snohomish, The Skokomish […]
ATMOS 301: Troughs, Ridges, Waves, and Fronts
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:40 p.m. It almost sounds like it could be a Dr. Seuss poem. Troughs, ridges, waves and fronts. Ditches, mountains, surfboards, and stunts. Anyway, this will be the last of my “light duty” reviews/online lectures/blogs. The next section will be on gas laws and atmospheric thermodynamics. I’ll try and write them […]
Rain
Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:29 P.M. UW Atmospheric Sciences Composite Northwest Radar Loop: Valid 2:24 P.M. 4/4/2013 “Hey buddy! It’s been awhile! How are you? What have you been up to lately? Do you and the jet stream still have that thing, or are you cut off from her lovely geostrophic flow?” That’s what I […]
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, […]
お！ そうですね！ (O! Soodesune!)
Friday, March 5, 2010 11:16 P.M. The expression above is one in Japanese that expresses surprisement or amazement. It’s basically the translation of “wow!” Why do I say “wow?” Well, take a look at one of the forecasted storms for later next week, shown at the top. That frame shows the estimated three hour precipitation […]