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2012 218

December 2012

  1. It's Snowing!
  2. Dry, Sun, and Fog
  3. Why are so many trees falling?
  4. Relatively Dry Weather Ahead
  5. Strong Foothills Winds and Localized Snow
  6. Snow in the Lowlands on Christmas Day?
  7. The Northwest Leads the Nation in Snow
  8. Record Water Levels in Seattle: Why Did It Occur and Is Global Warming Important?
  9. Now Lowland Snow Showers
  10. Storm Update
  11. Big Storm: But the Worst South of Seattle
  12. Major Wind Event on Monday?
  13. Lewis and Clarke's Big Mistake?
  14. Darkest Before the Dawn
  15. Rebuilding the National Weather Service
  16. Convergence Zone Snow in the Cascades
  17. Major Weather Transition Ahead
  18. Does it REALLY rain all the time in Seattle?
  19. Can Smartphone Observations Revolutionize Weather Forecasting?

November 2012

  1. Heavy Rain and Massive Snow
  2. Strong Easterly Flow and the Graveyard of the Pacific
  3. Triple Rainbow
  4. Multiple-Car Collisions and Weather: Can We Stop the Carnage?
  5. Intense Convective Line
  6. Hurricane Force Winds Hit the Region
  7. Heavy Precipitation
  8. World Class Rain Shadow
  9. Superfront followed by Big Rain
  10. Heavy Rains Return to the Northwest
  11. Meteorological Triumph with a Warning
  12. Cold and Frost
  13. Seattle Gets Ready for Snow!
  14. Save Stampede Pass Weather Station!
  15. Another Major Storm for the Northeast U.S.
  16. Election Day Weather and Political Forecast
  17. Notable Precipitation Totals

October 2012

  1. The Northwest "Drought" Erased
  2. Hurricane Sandy's Transformation
  3. A More Perfect Storm Will Strike the Midlatlantic Coast
  4. Will Hurricane Sandy Make Landfall on the Northeast U.S.?
  5. A Faltering El Nino
  6. Funnel and Waterspout Seen Near Everett
  7. Snow and Cold Returns to the Northwest and California
  8. How high do weather balloons rise?
  9. Authors Needed for Book and Screenplay on the Columbus Day Storm!
  10. Extraordinary Radar Image
  11. The Faucet Turns On
  12. The Columbus Day Storm 50th Anniversary
  13. Depression from Too Much Sun?
  14. Summer is Over on Friday
  15. Presidential Debate Weather
  16. First Fall Cold Front, Dust Storm, and Major Records Fall
  17. Visibility: Its Back!

September 2012

  1. The Winter Forecast and a Wimply El Nino
  2. Autumnal Influence and No Rain In Sight
  3. My Dog Leah
  4. Wildfire and Air Quality and When is a Drought NOT a Drought?
  5. Extraordinary Dryness and a New "Record" Achieved
  6. No More Siberian Smoke! But we got enough of our own!
  7. Smoke From Wildfires Cools Wenatchee
  8. Fire Smoke Spreads Westward
  9. Super Mirage Video
  10. A Miracle Almost Happened
  11. The Rain Cometh
  12. Drought Anxiety
  13. A Nail Biter: Will Seattle Beat the All-Time Record Dry Streak?
  14. Olga 2SE

August 2012

  1. The Driest August In Seattle History (and more to come)
  2. The Benefits of Tropical Storms and Hurricanes
  3. The Real Threat of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Isaac
  4. First Frost and Tropical Storm Isaac
  5. Sea-Tac Heat
  6. Want Warm Water--Get a Boat!
  7. Midsummer Drought?
  8. Escaping the Lightning Bullet
  9. New Wildfire Threat
  10. Can a major wildfire occur west of the Cascade crest?
  11. Why a heat wave may slow down the Cle Elum fire
  12. Lost Cats and Heat
  13. Extraordinary Asian Smoke versus the Perseid Meteors
  14. Climate Distortion
  15. Amazing Mammatus
  16. Mid-level Convection
  17. Is Algebra Necessary? Of Course It Is!
  18. Heat Waves and the Thermal Trough

July 2012

  1. Boring Weather
  2. Climate Extremists
  3. Summer SuperFog
  4. Asian Haze is Back
  5. Answering the Complaints
  6. The Tropical Connection
  7. Flash Floods Hit the Northwest
  8. Lightning Safety
  9. Texas Tall Tales and Global Warming
  10. Thunderstorm Fest (Updated 12:30 PM)
  11. Asian Fires and Fireworks Smoke Up the Northwest
  12. Why can't we forecast these thunderstorms?
  13. Asian Smoke Reaches the Pacific Northwest
  14. Smoke
  15. Darkest Before the Dawn
  16. FINALLY, True Summer Begins

June 2012

  1. Sky Poet
  2. Battling Extremes and the July 4th Forecast
  3. Cascade Melt Out
  4. Summer Squall
  5. Saturday morning update
  6. Wet Day and Hard Forecast
  7. Now is the Time to Fix the Math Meltdown in Seattle Public Schools
  8. Why are coastal water temperatures cooling?
  9. Feeling a bit tropical outside?
  10. Weather-X
  11. Ocean Full of Clouds
  12. Troubles at the National Weather Service
  13. Seasonal Precipitation Surprises
  14. Depressing But True
  15. Coastal Clouds
  16. Last Venus Transit Update
  17. Venus Transit Weather Update
  18. Venus Transit Update
  19. Where to See the Transit of Venus?
  20. Coal Trains: Bad for the Northwest Environment
  21. Portland is Hot, But Seattle is Cool

May 2012

  1. Extraordinary Skill for Extended Weather Forecasts
  2. Strong Thunderstorm Hits Portland
  3. Falling Trees, Thunder, Strong Winds and a Problem Forecast
  4. Understanding Ellensburg's Wind
  5. Snowpack, Spring Floods, and Why the Northwest is Better than California
  6. Solar Eclipse from Space
  7. Annular Eclipe Cloud Update
  8. Mysterious Ocean Precipitation Under Clear Skies
  9. U.S. Climate Versus Weather Computers: Climate Wins
  10. Cold Records with Warm Temperatures
  11. Summer in May
  12. The Windiest Place along the West Coast
  13. Soil Temperatures and Gardening
  14. Warmth Returns
  15. Pioneer Weather Complaints
  16. Tornadoes and Tulips: The Mt. Vernon Connection

April 2012

  1. Iconic Confusion
  2. Rain Shadow Secrets
  3. Eastside Thunderstorms and Lightning
  4. Extreme Silliness
  5. Caliente
  6. We Win the Spring Weekend Trifecta!
  7. What time of day does it rain the most?
  8. Bird Migration on the Coastal Radar
  9. Goodbye La Nina
  10. Warmth
  11. Lack of Computer Power Undermines U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction (Revised)
  12. Instability in the Skies
  13. Want Warmer Temperatures? Head to Eastern Washington
  14. Seattle Superstorm

March 2012

  1. Record Wet March
  2. We Can Fix the K-12 Educational System
  3. The Strengthening Sun
  4. Hook Echo on the Washington Coast?
  5. It's a Miracle: Normal Weather Returns
  6. GOES-West Weather Satellite Fails
  7. A New View of Seasonal Changes
  8. The U.S. Has Fallen Behind in Numerical Weather Prediction: Part I
  9. The Revenge of La Nina
  10. Why is it so hard to forecast lowland snow?
  11. Major Storm Hits
  12. Storm Update
  13. Major Coastal Storm
  14. Lenticular Clouds
  15. Will You See the Aurora Tonight?
  16. A Potential Source of K-12 Science and Math Teachers
  17. Double Convergence Zone and Snow Hits the Area!
  18. Snow Threat Evaporates
  19. Lowland Snow Timing
  20. One Last Shot at Lowland Snow and a Salty Story
  21. New Weather Feature: The Strait of Juan De Fuca Cloud Line

February 2012

  1. Wet Snow and the Mt. Rainier Convergence Zone
  2. Lowland Snow?, Thank You, and The Seattle Times Does it Again
  3. Puget Sound Convergence Zone Snow (Updated)
  4. Lowland Snow Showers, Cold Air, and Strong Winds
  5. The Spada Lake Anomaly
  6. Heavy Rain, Avalanches, and Reduced Threat of Lowland Snow
  7. Chance of Lowland Snow Next Weekend?
  8. Big Winds in the Morning (updated)
  9. The Northwest Death Zone for Pacific Fronts
  10. Northwest Weather Workshop: March 2-3
  11. The Longest Forecast
  12. Will we do anything about global warming? Should we?
  13. An Unusual Ridge That Won't Go Away
  14. Weather Cousins In Hawaii
  15. The Weather Battle
  16. Improving Education: Getting to the Real Problems
  17. High Pressure Surprises
  18. GroundFrog versus GroundHog
  19. Wayward La Nina

January 2012

  1. Destruction Hits Two Sacred Weather Locations
  2. An Unusual Winter Around the Country
  3. The Truth About the Pacific "Data Void"
  4. The Bermuda Triangle of Northwest Weather
  5. UW Admissions and Failing K-12 Education
  6. Southeast Olympic Snowstorm
  7. The Other Snow Story
  8. The End (Of Lowland Snow, Cold and Ice) is Near
  9. Major Freezing Rain/Snow Event
  10. Ice Storm: Freezing Rain and Sleet
  11. Wednesday Morning: The End in Sight and Strong Oregon Winds
  12. A Snowstorm of Two Characters
  13. Scaling Back
  14. Wednesday Snow Storm
  15. Major Snow Event
  16. Interesting Differences in Local Snow
  17. Sunday Morning Snow Update
  18. 3 PM Snow Nowcast
  19. A Clearer Picture
  20. The Upcoming Snow
  21. Increasing Threat of Snow
  22. Winter Over? Don't Bet on It!
  23. Searching for Leah
  24. The Other Heat Wave
  25. Eatonville Heat Wave
  26. Virga

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December 2011

  1. Finding Sun
  2. Subtropical Moisture, Record Lost, and Thank You
  3. The Christmas Day Storm
  4. The Big Shift in Our Weather
  5. Where is La Nina?
  6. The Surface Data Revolution
  7. How is the snowpack doing?
  8. Drought
  9. Surface, Air, and Soil Temperatures: The Differences Can Be Large and Important
  10. Fog Outside, Desert Humidity Inside
  11. Amazing Fog Pictures and Inversions
  12. High Pressure Produces Low Sea Level
  13. Seattle's Math Secret Revealed (Revised)
  14. The Irony of Wintertime High Pressure
  15. History is Made: Highest Pressure in Sea-Tac History!
  16. Highest Pressure in Decades Over The Northwest?

November 2011

  1. Climatologically, The Worst of Winter is Over!
  2. Why is Northwest Washington So Windy?
  3. Weather Gifts
  4. An Extraordinary Storm
  5. Major Storm: Heavy Rain, Flooding and Very Strong Winds Along the Coast
  6. Northwest Flood Myths and A Major Flood Threat
  7. Snow Update
  8. Lowland Snow?
  9. Snow, Wind, and Progess in Seattle
  10. High Winds Hit the Eastern Cascade Slopes
  11. The Weather Takes Its Gloves Off--Strong Winds and Mountain Snow
  12. Bering Superstorm
  13. Boring with a Hint of La Nina
  14. The Great Raindrop Deception
  15. Mamma Mia! That's a Nice Front!
  16. The Return of Mountain Snow and Some KUOW Comments

October 2011

  1. Nor'Easters versus Northwest Windstorms
  2. The Most Dangerous Weather Phenomenon in the Northwest
  3. The Truth About Wind Chill
  4. Transforming Seattle Public Schools
  5. Jet Stream Weather
  6. Winning Meteorological Roulette
  7. Heat Surge
  8. Is Sequim the Sunniest Place in Western Washington?
  9. Indian Summer
  10. Tale of Two Radars: Rainshadow and Windward Enhancement
  11. Its All in the Timing
  12. Is West Coast Weather Getting More Extreme?
  13. Western Snow Season Begins
  14. Visibility Loss at Daybreak
  15. Sometimes a forecast goes wrong..

September 2011

  1. Virgin Pacific Front
  2. The New Radar Documents A Frontal Passage
  3. Sweating in the Pacific Northwest
  4. The Big Day Arrives. The Washington Coastal Radar is Operational!
  5. Microclimates
  6. Seattle Lags Behind In Math and This Can Be Fixed!
  7. The End of NW Drought
  8. Resolution
  9. When is a record not really a record?
  10. Smoke Signals and Lost Dog
  11. Latest on La Nina
  12. Large Diurnal Temperature Range
  13. What is the warmest place on Earth? Warmest in the Northwest?
  14. Wildfire Season
  15. Upcoming Warmth

August 2011

  1. NW Fog Season and Media Fog on Fox News
  2. When Did Irene Stop Being a Hurricane?
  3. Hurricane Irene Forecasts and Their Hurricanes Versus Our Hurricanes
  4. Mid-Level Convection
  5. A Potential Breakthrough in Hurricane Forecasting
  6. The New Coastal Radar Delivers!
  7. The Northwest Drought
  8. Strong Sound Breeze and Tragedy
  9. Bogus Arguments of Some Global Warming "Skeptics"
  10. The Upcoming Week AND What Have We Been Missing?
  11. My Weather Segment is Back on Public Radio! KPLU
  12. Fears of a Double Dip
  13. A New Chapter In Pacific Northwest Weather Forecasting
  14. Aurora!
  15. Do We Need the National Weather Service When There is a Weather Channel?
  16. Saving Seattle's Schools Requires New School Board Members

July 2011

  1. Dry Time and Low Clouds
  2. The Cold Truth
  3. Heavy Showers and Thunderstorms
  4. East Coast versus West Coast: The Continental Weather Seesaw
  5. Why the Northwest is Nearly Heat Wave Proof
  6. Why do we suffer?
  7. Did Sea-Tac's Third Runway Change Our Climate?
  8. This is Getting Bizarre
  9. The Big Chill
  10. Northwest Getting Warmer and Wetter? Not Really!
  11. High Winds Hit the Eastern Cascade Slopes
  12. Fireworks Air Quality Alert!
  13. Superior Mirage
  14. Fourth of July Weather: The Facts

June 2011

  1. KUOWGATE, July 4th Weather, and a Radar Animation
  2. Why Some Forecasts Don't Work Out and What We Can Do About It!
  3. Olympic Snowpack is 39,100 Percent of Normal!
  4. Iridescent Clouds
  5. KUOW and Its Listeners
  6. Summer Weather and Audio Podcast
  7. Fukushima Radiation and Infant Mortality in the NW? No way.
  8. Videopodcast for June 17th
  9. Puget Sound Convergence Zone
  10. Scary Snowpack Stories (Updated June 14)
  11. Weekend Podcat and Who is a Meteorologist?
  12. Why we suffer with low clouds
  13. Onshore Push
  14. Record Breaking Storm Hits California
  15. Weather Video Podcast Online for June 3
  16. Out of the Refrigerator into the Frying Pan!
  17. Napavine Tornado

May 2011

  1. Thunderstorms on the Eastern Slopes of the Cascades
  2. Sunday and Monday
  3. Update and Test: Plus the Memorial Day Forecast
  4. The Memorial Weekend Forecast
  5. Tornado Passage at a Weather Station
  6. Why Does the U.S. Midwest Get So Many Severe Thunderstorms?
  7. June Gloom and KUOW Weekday
  8. No More Weather on KUOW Weekday
  9. 70F on Friday?
  10. Seattle Schools Lawsuit, Enfield, and Common Core
  11. An Unusual Spring Rain
  12. Coldest Spring Confirmed with Barbecue Index
  13. Another Record Cold Month?
  14. Coastal Radar Site and The Radars You Don't Hear About
  15. Northwest's Signature Cloud
  16. Progress on the New Coastal Radar
  17. Why so few tornadoes in the Northwest

April 2011

  1. Warm Tomorrow
  2. Are the Eastern U.S. tornadoes and our cold weather connected?
  3. Making Fun of Weathermen Reaches New Depths
  4. Thanks, Budget Cuts, and an Inside Look
  5. PDO and Long-Term Trends
  6. A Great Historical Dust Storm and FINALLY a Warm Day
  7. Adult Theme Blog --Mammatus Clouds
  8. Unstable Air and the Northwest Weather Workshop
  9. Are Northwest Springs Getting Worse?
  10. Revenge of a Dying La Nina
  11. UW Admissions and the Budget Cuts
  12. Upside Down Rainbow
  13. Convergence Zone Snow in April!
  14. California Versus the Northwest
  15. Radioactivity Measurements
  16. Complaints

March 2011

  1. Atmospheric Rivers and Rainshadows
  2. Visit to China, the Great Firewall, and An Amazing Jet
  3. Amazing Sierra Snows
  4. Finally, A Warm Day
  5. California Gets Hits
  6. Changing Weather Pattern Reduces Radiation Risk, Brings Improved Weather
  7. Latest On Japanese Radiation
  8. Revenge of La Nina
  9. The U.S. West Coast is NOT at Risk from Radiation
  10. Latest Pacific Trajectories From the Japanese Reactor and Amazing Rainshadow
  11. Where would the radioactivity go?
  12. Tsunami
  13. Good Blow
  14. Heavy Rain
  15. Cold and Wind
  16. Good News and Bad News
  17. Endless Spring
  18. Moving Rainbow
  19. NW Hurricane and the Secrets of Solander
  20. Pacific Hurricane

February 2011

  1. Monday AM
  2. Sunday Night Update
  3. Snow Tomorrow Morning? Windstorm on Wednesday?
  4. The Olympia Mystery
  5. How Good (or Bad) Was the Snow Forecast?
  6. Snowstuff
  7. Evening Info
  8. NOWCAST 4:45 PM: SHOWTIME
  9. 11 AM NOWCAST: ACT II
  10. 6 AM NOWCAST: Seattle Commute In Will Be Fine
  11. Tuesday Update
  12. Snow and Cold are Coming
  13. Snow Mirage
  14. Coastal Snow
  15. Lowland Snow Chances Fading on Thursday
  16. Upcoming Lowland Snow and Mubarak-Style Tactics in WA
  17. Hold On to Your Hats
  18. Wild Winds
  19. Walla Walla Warmth
  20. Major Weather Change and A Request
  21. Throwing Away Our New Car
  22. Rotating Clouds in a Strong Convergence Zone
  23. The Latest on the New Coastal Radar
  24. The Seesaw
  25. Storm-Force Gusts Hit the Northwest Today!
  26. Groundhog Update!!
  27. Frognostication

January 2011

  1. Dry, Sun, and Modified Arctic Air
  2. The Real Deal about La Nina and The Upcoming Weather
  3. Tale of Two Half Months and the Banana Belt
  4. Ridgmageddon
  5. Where is La Nina?
  6. A Great Irony, A Little Rain, And Then Dry
  7. Huge Intense Storm in the Pacific
  8. Gusts
  9. Warm, Wet, and Windy
  10. Freezing Rain Hits the Northwest
  11. WeatherFest, Money, and the Aftermath
  12. 10:30 PM Nowcast
  13. 6 PM Nowcast
  14. Nowcast at 4 PM
  15. Snow Update
  16. Brief Snow, Then Rain and Wind
  17. Major Lowland Snowstorm Out, Windstorm-Heavy Rain In
  18. Chances of Major Snowstorm Fading
  19. Historic Snowstorm This Week?
  20. What is the Coldest Time of the Day?
  21. Major Weather Changes Ahead and Scattered Light Snow Tonight
  22. Common Core Math Standards: Worse for Our Kids and Millions of Dollars Wasted?

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December 2010

  1. Upcoming Drought
  2. Convergence Zone Snow
  3. Its Snowing! (But not everywhere)
  4. Wednesday Lowland Snow??
  5. Nor'Easter!
  6. Darkest Day and Possible Snow
  7. Perspective on the Winter So Far
  8. The Easterly Windstorm Forecast and a Clarification
  9. Major Easterly Wind Event
  10. Models
  11. Last Night's Squall Line
  12. Videos of NW Rivers
  13. Rain Ending over Puget Sound
  14. Amazing Totals
  15. The Warm Front Cometh
  16. More Serious
  17. Pineapple Express Update
  18. Atmospheric River on the Way
  19. Squall Line!
  20. Seattle Snow Report Card and Some Suggestions
  21. Eastern Washington Gloom
  22. Climatologically, The Worst is Over
  23. Deciding on Weather Instruments

November 2010

  1. New Web Weather Applications
  2. Its Snowing
  3. Snow Update
  4. The Thanksgiving Forecast
  5. Amazing Videos and the Latest Snow Totals
  6. Winds
  7. Even more interesting
  8. Humility
  9. This AM
  10. How much snow?
  11. Sunday Afternoon
  12. Sunday AM Update
  13. Forget the Snow over Seattle--Its Heading to Oregon
  14. Uncertainty
  15. Brief Update
  16. Bellingham Fun, Fraser Outflow and an Admission
  17. Cold Wave Over the Lowlands
  18. Windstorm Factoids
  19. Is it Going to Snow Over the Lowlands?
  20. A Weather Fact That Can Save Your Life
  21. Is Seattle Ready for Snow?
  22. The Cascade Subsidence Zone
  23. When is a record, REALLY a record?
  24. Record Heat
  25. Heat Wave!
  26. Will Weather Influence Tuesday's Election?

October 2010

  1. Less Flooding Risks
  2. Update
  3. Major Rain and Flooding Event Approaching
  4. Media claims are wrong. WE have the record storms!
  5. TV Special On Doppler Radar and AMS Meeting
  6. Giant Waves
  7. The Storm
  8. Meteorological Earmarks and the U.S. Senate Race in Washington
  9. Major Coastal Storm and Big Waves
  10. I don't believe anything yet...but
  11. Want Warmth? Take a Hike!
  12. Major Change to Stormy Conditions Ahead
  13. Fog Season
  14. The Meteorology of the Chilean Mine Rescue
  15. Contrails!
  16. Update Sunday Morning
  17. Heavy Rains
  18. Picture of the Day
  19. Heavy Weather Ahead
  20. TV Weathercasters
  21. Fall and Low Clouds

September 2010

  1. Incredible Humidity
  2. The Rain Cometh
  3. The First Atmospheric River of the Season
  4. Northwest Monsoon
  5. Forecasting's Achilles Heel
  6. How Bad Has It Been?
  7. The Birds Are Back
  8. Go South for Sun! Wine weather.
  9. The Long-Term Forecast
  10. Cloudy and Cool
  11. Hurricanes and Uncertainty

August 2010

  1. Unusual August Rainfall
  2. A Change in the Sky
  3. Major Change
  4. Warm Water in the Cool Northwest
  5. Sunday AM
  6. It's BACK!
  7. The Big Question
  8. It's Coming!
  9. Rainier Microclimates and Our Cooler Future
  10. Heat Warning
  11. The Unimaginable: No Clouds--But Smoke is Back!
  12. Finally...Extended Sun and Warmth
  13. Diablo Winds in the North Cascades and the Upcoming Heat Wave!
  14. The Big Chill
  15. Mini-Hurricane Over Vancouver Island!
  16. Why did smoke cause the a reddish sun?
  17. Stratus, Fires, and the Answer

July 2010

  1. Weather Changes this Weekend and Boater Alert
  2. Thunderstorms and Rain to the East
  3. Subtleties
  4. Strange Clouds Explained!
  5. The Current Drought and Warmth Ahead
  6. Stephen H. Schneider: A Major Passing
  7. Microsoft, The Gates Foundation, and Math Education: A Depressing Tale
  8. One State: Different Weather
  9. Weather Restaurants
  10. Smoke, Dust, and Eastern Washington Wind
  11. Maybe not so cool
  12. The Changes Have Begun
  13. The Perfect Heat Wave
  14. Upcoming Heat Wave and the Start of Summer
  15. Will the Fireworks Be Washed Out?
  16. Is June getting cooler?
  17. Fourth of July Forecast and the Upcoming Heat Wave

June 2010

  1. The Unending Trough
  2. Low Clouds over the Pacific
  3. Finally! The 75F Ceiling is Broken
  4. Unusual Murk Strikes the NW
  5. The Great Weather Divide
  6. Don't Forget Portland...and the weekend
  7. The Cool Returns
  8. Finally Summer!
  9. Remarkable Convergence Zone Rain
  10. Weekend Heat Wave...but first
  11. The First Day of Summer: When Will It Be?
  12. Funnel Cloud and Sunday's Weather
  13. No windstorm and a decent Saturday
  14. Major Radar Announcement
  15. Weather Picture of the Day
  16. Weather Retribution

May 2010

  1. Not Good
  2. Memorial Day Weekend: One Day Out of Three
  3. Looking Better for the Memorial Day Weekend
  4. Approaching Front and Some Light Rain
  5. Cool and Convergence
  6. Powerful Storm
  7. Even Stronger
  8. A Serious Storm
  9. Storm Update
  10. Major Coastal Blow Possible On Wednesday
  11. There is a bird in my radar!
  12. The Secrets of Staying Dry While Biking
  13. Educational Disaster In Issaquah
  14. Mountain Convection and A Strange Whirlwind
  15. Strange Ship Tracks and Good News for Mom
  16. An Extraordinary May Storm
  17. A Weather Odyssey Across the Cascades

April 2010

  1. Latest Oil Pics: Oil Spill Reaches the Coast and Bad Meteorology
  2. Gulf Oil Slick Image and Local Weather
  3. Rainshadow Land
  4. Why are our fronts different?
  5. Harry Wappler (1936-2010)
  6. Its 2040!
  7. Eyjafjallajökull (Iceland Volcano): No Climate Impacts. Local Weather Update
  8. Iceland's Volcanic Eruption: Will it influence weather and climate?
  9. Summer Outlook
  10. TV Weathercasters and Global Warming And Current Weather
  11. Cold and Snow
  12. Monday's "Surprise Storm"
  13. TV Weathermen and Climate
  14. Storm Review
  15. Storm Watch
  16. Stunning Day of Convection and BIG storm coming

March 2010

  1. Amazing Winds and Convection
  2. Serious Rain and Wind
  3. Springtime Dust storms
  4. A warm day and then rain
  5. Will Issaquah Pick Poor Math Books?
  6. Summer Outlook
  7. Warmth
  8. Diurnal Variations
  9. Radar Secrets Revealed
  10. I want a home weather station? What should I buy?
  11. Wind and Snow
  12. Seattle, Bellevue, and Issaquah: School Districts Versus Good Math Education
  13. SNOW!! And the Faucet is about to turn on....
  14. The Big Wet Chill
  15. Why was my flight so bumpy? Part II

February 2010

  1. Why was my flight so bumpy?
  2. OutdoorFun Winter Weather Index: A Record Tying Year!
  3. Inversion and A Significant Change
  4. Big Diurnal Range in Temperature
  5. Sunny Skies are Good For Olympic Snow
  6. Ridgodzilla
  7. Olympics Weather Forecast: Heavy Rain and Fog
  8. The Northwest Weather Workshop
  9. Why dense morning fog is a good sign!
  10. Humility and Forecast Busts
  11. Why was January so warm? A detective story.
  12. Mis-communicating Global Warming
  13. Records Broken (UPDATED) and Alligators in the Duwamish

January 2010

  1. Record Warmth and The El Nino Blahs
  2. Inversions and Inverse Barometers
  3. The January Record
  4. Lawsuit Against Seattle Public Schools
  5. Record Low Pressure
  6. Warmest January in Seattle History?
  7. Its 9 PM and Its Getting Warmer Out!
  8. Summary From the NWS
  9. This is serious now
  10. The Storm
  11. Coastal Winds
  12. The First Coastal Wind Event
  13. A Major Coastal Wind Event?
  14. El Nino, Snow, and the Olympics
  15. Wet and Warm
  16. It's STILL Warmer In Seattle Than Miami!
  17. Hurricane in the Columbia Gorge
  18. Northwest Heat Wave and Cold Waves Back East
  19. How Good Are UW Students in Math?
  20. Rainshadow and Year in Review

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December 2009

  1. New Years Eve Weather and then...
  2. A Wet New Year's Eve--and more
  3. Sky Islands
  4. Boring Weather
  5. Climate Musings
  6. Coastal Storms
  7. The Coastal Radar is Real!
  8. Climategate
  9. Snow and Ice Pellets over NW Washington
  10. snow event ending
  11. Not Much Snow Yet in Central Sound--Snow Showers to N and S
  12. A More Detailed View
  13. Hype is Back!
  14. Quick Update
  15. Steam Fog, Snow over the Weekend and Beyond
  16. Snow 09
  17. Snow
  18. Air Quality Drops
  19. Why no frost?
  20. Snowy Sequim
  21. Saturday Night Update: Snow Reports
  22. Snowy Sequim and Port Angeles; Major Cold
  23. Cold and Dry and Maybe a Snow Flurry
  24. Update
  25. A very different pattern: Dry, sun, and fog

November 2009

  1. An Amazing Lightning Story
  2. Sun, Fog, and Rain Takes a Holiday
  3. The Thanksgiving Day Forecast
  4. The Wettest, Stormiest Two Weeks of the Year!
  5. The low is here
  6. Significant update
  7. NW Washington Gets Hit Again...and an Unusual Low
  8. Why is Northwest Washington getting hit so hard? +Defending Randy Dorn
  9. Windy Night
  10. Watch Out Olympics!
  11. Winds Surging on the Coast
  12. Monday Update
  13. Major Windstorm Possible on Tuesday
  14. Potentially Serious Olympic Flooding
  15. Convective snow over the higher lowlands
  16. Major Pineapple Express
  17. The Storms of The Pacific Museum
  18. Crazy Weather?
  19. Incredible Thunderstorms, Coastal Waves Increasing
  20. Coastal Wave Update-8 PM
  21. Big Storm
  22. Somewhat of a forecast bust
  23. Sun and Fog

October 2009

  1. Winds
  2. Serious Wind
  3. Warm, wet and breezy
  4. The Disappearing Windstorm
  5. Nice Convergence Zone
  6. Atmospheric River Observatories and the Green River Valley
  7. Undermining Math Education in our State
  8. Amazing Rain Intensity
  9. A very wet Saturday (and the Green River will not flood)
  10. Heavy Precipitation
  11. Bicycles Safety/Weather/Big Storm
  12. A shift to stormy conditions
  13. Tomatoes Beware! and the Importance of 2 meters
  14. Dust Storm Redux?
  15. Major Duststorm and Strong Winds Hit Eastern Washington. Damaging Winds Over NW Washington
  16. The Meteorological F Word and Improving Weather

September 2009

  1. An Active Convergence Zone
  2. Front made it in late this afternoon
  3. Nice Weekend and then Downhill a bit
  4. Big Daily Temperature Range and Foothills Heat
  5. Super-Ridge and Late September Heat Wave
  6. Should you take a chance on a season ski pass this winter?
  7. The Marine Air Cometh
  8. Extraordinary Weekend
  9. The Enumclaw Tornado
  10. Forecast Error?
  11. The Weekend of Wet
  12. Is San Juan Island the sunniest location in western Washington?

August 2009

  1. San Juan Islands Weather
  2. Warm and Dry Ahead
  3. Global Warming Misconception II and Two Talks on the San Juan Islands
  4. Marine air Starting to move in...
  5. Killer Heat Wave or Killer Hype?
  6. Global Warming Misconceptions
  7. Lightning, the "Crouch", and Joan Baez
  8. The Dangers of the First Day of Rain
  9. What season is this?
  10. Was the heat wave a sign of global warming?
  11. Why Such High Humidities Last Week?
  12. The Other Side of the Heat Wave: Humidity
  13. The Warmest July Ever at Sea Tac

July 2009

  1. The Cooling
  2. Update III (Updated 10:45 PM)
  3. UPDATE II: The Record is Broken!
  4. Update
  5. One Record Down, One to Go?
  6. Heat Update
  7. Major Heat Wave and Possible Record
  8. Thunderstorms and the Upcoming Major Heat Wave
  9. The Noctilucent Clouds Return and the Upcoming Heat Wave
  10. Drought and Heat
  11. Eastern Washington Smoke
  12. When is the windiest time of the day?
  13. The highest clouds of the world over Seattle
  14. Amazing Amounts of Lightning
  15. Thunderstorms
  16. My Weather DVD
  17. Dry Sky Parties
  18. The Onshore Push has occurred
  19. Firework Pollution? and a Major Change
  20. How Bad Has the Drought Been?

June 2009

  1. Windy Ellensburg
  2. Weak Front Moving Through
  3. Weather Politics
  4. High Lows
  5. Good news and showers
  6. Close, but no cigar.
  7. No! It Can't End This Way!
  8. Record Tied
  9. Will the record fall?
  10. Convection over the Mountains
  11. El Nino Returns
  12. The Aftermath
  13. A Meteorologically Religous Experience
  14. All Hell is About to Break Loose
  15. Heat Wave
  16. KCTS and Convection

May 2009

  1. Clouds on the coast and chaff
  2. Big Day for the Coastal Radar and our fine weather continues
  3. Sound Breeze!
  4. No Weather
  5. Lightning!
  6. Front and convergence zone
  7. Finally...a nice weekend
  8. Community Forum on the Coastal Weather Radar
  9. Complaints
  10. Convergence zone has set up already
  11. More showers and a convergence zone.
  12. A nice weekend and Mother's Day
  13. Major Advance for the Coastal Weather Radar
  14. Tragedy in Seattle
  15. The Big Storm
  16. Seattle's Big Math Decision
  17. Winter (sort of ) in May

April 2009

  1. There's a bird in my radar!
  2. An Ocean Full of Low Clouds
  3. A Cloudy Day West, But Sun East
  4. Shiptracks!
  5. Temperature, Mountains Wave Clouds, and Math Education in Seattle
  6. Watch those soil temperatures!
  7. A weak cold front, then warmth
  8. The Upcoming Heat Wave
  9. Is Sequim Really Sunnier?
  10. Visible satellite picture today show
  11. Rain on Sunday (and in Hawaii)
  12. The Transition
  13. The First Push of the Year
  14. Heat Wave
  15. State Budget Cuts and Atmospheric Sciences
  16. snow on the hills
  17. Endless cold and strong winds at Camp Muir

March 2009

  1. Storms of the Pacific Museum
  2. Snow Returns
  3. Snow! (In the Mountains)
  4. The Storms of the Pacific Museum!
  5. Doppler Radar
  6. Ferry Weather
  7. The "Weak" Front
  8. Weak Front
  9. Snow expose and other items
  10. Cold Wave
  11. Snow
  12. Approach low and winds
  13. Major Weather Changes Coming
  14. How Snowy? How cold?
  15. Coastal Weather Radar Receives Partial Funding
  16. The Geography of Cold
  17. A New Weather Survey
  18. 3 PM Snow Story
  19. snow update
  20. Snow showers
  21. More snow
  22. Arctic air in March
  23. Convergence Zone snow hits I90
  24. the convergence zone has set up
  25. Complex situation
  26. Cold, Snow and Double Convergence Zone.
  27. Morning Convergence Zone
  28. Update on cold and snow
  29. Cold and Snow?

February 2009

  1. Warm Front
  2. Good News
  3. Snow Blindness
  4. Update
  5. Snow in Bellingham and Elsewhere
  6. Uncertain Snow in Seattle
  7. More SNOW?!&%$
  8. The Coastal Radar
  9. Coming in faster
  10. Tomorrow
  11. A break
  12. Uncertainty II
  13. Uncertainty
  14. Weather Special on Monday Night on KIRO TV
  15. Spring...and then the return of rain
  16. Finally, Spring is coming
  17. Cloudy East, Sunny West
  18. When lack of weather is unusual
  19. Saturday
  20. The Weekend
  21. The Drought
  22. Showtime
  23. Snow
  24. Tomorrow's Snow
  25. 7 PM Update
  26. Surprise Convergence Zone snow
  27. Weak Front, Colder Air, and then Hood Canal Snow
  28. Nice Saturday, Decent Sunday
  29. Snow Returns
  30. Dry Winter Two
  31. A dry winter?
  32. Heat Wave
  33. Warm Front Approoaching

January 2009

  1. A Nice Day
  2. Wimpy Front, Great Convergence Zone
  3. Dense Fog
  4. Coldest Temps
  5. Dirty Ridge
  6. Coastal Weather Radar
  7. Snow is here
  8. Rainshadow and snow/rain
  9. Humility
  10. Sunday Morning Update
  11. Modest Model Failure
  12. Snow Update
  13. The Fraser Gap Wind
  14. Evening Update
  15. Cold, but no snow in Seattle
  16. Transition to colder air over the weekend
  17. Black Ice
  18. Videos at top of Tiger Mt Yesteday and Fog Today
  19. Ascent of Tiger Mountain and Warm Temps
  20. Fog in the pass
  21. Great image
  22. Air Quality Questionnaire
  23. Even Lower
  24. This picture was sent to me from scott
  25. Lowering Inversion and Low Clouds
  26. Into the Soup
  27. Inversion 101
  28. Update Later
  29. High Pressure and Air Pollution
  30. The Snow Eater
  31. A Nice Example of a Puget Sound Convergence Zone
  32. Precipitation Variations
  33. Just a little change in angle makes all the difference
  34. rain shadow moves north
  35. Flood Day
  36. Heavy rains
  37. Winds
  38. Heavy rain in mountains, but rainshadowed Puget Sound.
  39. Snow, Global Warming and Flooding
  40. Very wet and then very dry
  41. Transition is now occurring
  42. Snow is here
  43. Clear Mountains
  44. Diabatic snow
  45. The Wet Warm Up Late Tommorrow
  46. You Can Help Improve Weather Forecasting
  47. Sun and Showers
  48. No snowstorm tonight in Seattle
  49. Snow in the mountains and no major storm here.

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December 2008

  1. New Year's Forecast
  2. Windstorm Doesn't Look Likely
  3. Quiet Day
  4. A Poorly Predicted Wind Event
  5. Today's Rain and the Upcoming Potential Storm
  6. The Human Element: Part I
  7. Perhaps I should not mention this..
  8. Transition Day
  9. Evening Update
  10. Plant Damage, Snow, Rain, Melt Out, and Avalanche Danger
  11. More snow tomorrow?
  12. 10 AM Update
  13. Snowing Again
  14. Christmas Eve Update
  15. 10 AM Update
  16. On the edge
  17. Snow versus Rain
  18. Stunning Pic and Snow
  19. Update II
  20. Evening Update
  21. Noon Update and Editorial
  22. The Break
  23. 5 and 9 PM Update
  24. More Precipitation Today
  25. Update 21
  26. 8:30 PM Update
  27. 5 PM Update
  28. A little early
  29. The Storm tonight and Sunday
  30. The Big Storm
  31. This weekend storm
  32. Update
  33. Seattle's turn and this weekend
  34. Snow Situation Today
  35. The coming system
  36. More snow
  37. End of snow today but cold here to stay
  38. Major Cold
  39. Major Change in the Forecast
  40. A Difficult Forecast
  41. Windstorm,snow in the Mountains, a chance of lowland snow, then cold and dry
  42. Today...warm front-cold front combo
  43. A Radical Weather Shift on Friday
  44. Major Changes Next Friday?
  45. Amazing Lenticular Clouds and Weekend Weather
  46. Weekend Weather
  47. A most clear day
  48. Endless Fall
  49. November Statistics
  50. What winter?

November 2008

  1. Very warm air
  2. Sunday still looks good
  3. The Worst Day
  4. Thanksgiving and the Upcoming "Heat Wave"
  5. The Banana Belt
  6. Big Ridge
  7. The Greatest Local Weather Threat
  8. The Subtleties of Clear Weather
  9. Showers and Sunbreaks
  10. An Unusually Good End of November
  11. Another Frontal Passage
  12. Easterly Flow
  13. Weak front and rain on Thursday
  14. Better than your average November
  15. A Respite from the Rain
  16. Nice Weekend and LA Fires
  17. The Weekend
  18. A Major Improving Trend
  19. Flooding and Rainshadow
  20. Guam express next two days will be very
  21. Hell, Then Heaven
  22. A few showers today
  23. Sunday Break
  24. The Worst Will Soon Be Over in Seattle
  25. Pineapple Express
  26. The Warm Front Cometh
  27. Election Day Weather
  28. Weather and Elections
  29. Well if you were going to go hiking
  30. Weekend Weather

October 2008

  1. Halloween Forecast and Fall Color
  2. The Latest Forecast
  3. Major Changes Ahead
  4. Foggy Mornings
  5. Wind in the mountains
  6. Sunday forecast
  7. Weekend Update
  8. The Weekend Forecast
  9. Latest Weather Analysis
  10. Spectacular Day and Weekend Ahead
  11. Very different day today
  12. Monday Weather Analysis
  13. Foggy morning, but sun will come
  14. Weekend Weather Update
  15. Latest weather analysis
  16. Relatively quiet day today
  17. Warm front is coming through now with
  18. It was raining very today as i biked
  19. Weather Forecast Has Changed

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