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December 2019

  1. Strong Winds and Lots of Precipitation Ahead
  2. The Deadliest Weather Phenomenon in the Northwest
  3. A Dry Year With a Twist and Few Major Fires
  4. Seattle's Green Heroes
  5. The "Dark Storm" Continue into Saturday But is Now Abating
  6. The Darkest Day in Seattle History
  7. Torrential Rains Bring More Serious Flooding Threat
  8. A Science-Based Approach to Dealing with Climate Change in Washington State
  9. A Moderate Atmospheric River is Aimed at the Northwest
  10. Freezing Fog Caused Mayhem in Eastern Washington
  11. Good News for Northwest Snow
  12. The Northwest Weather Machine Shifts Gears
  13. Promoters of Climate Anxiety
  14. Why so Dry? Will it Continue?
  15. The Most Boring Late Fall in Years
  16. The Driest November in 43 Years
  17. Sunday Snow Update

November 2019

  1. The Sunday Snow Forecast for Western Washington
  2. The Spokane MegaCar Crash Up, Snow, and a Warning for Southwest Washington
  3. The Oregon Storm is Exploding
  4. A Bomb Cyclone Will Hit the Southern Oregon Coast
  5. The Remarkable Steve Pool
  6. The Northwest Will Go Cold Turkey, But What About Snow?
  7. Satellite Extravaganza
  8. Is Seattle Really the Gloomiest City in the U.S.?
  9. A little rain, followed by the big dry
  10. Slow Start to Winter Snow Season
  11. Can Autonomous Weather-Observation Sailboats Improve Forecasts over the U.S.?
  12. Will You See the Transit of Mercury on Monday Morning?
  13. One of the longest November dry periods in Northwest history
  14. New Generation Weather Satellite Provides a Clear View of Nighttime Fog
  15. Rain Returns to the Northwest

October 2019

  1. Extended Forecasts are Not Reliable
  2. A Surge of Cold, Dry Air Envelopes the Northwest and Now Threatens California
  3. Extreme Winds in California--and Soon in the Columbia Gorge-- Are Being Driven by Unusually Cold Air
  4. Very Serious Wind Situation in Northern California This Weekend
  5. Puget Sound's Autumn Colors are the Best In Years. But Why?
  6. Heavy Rain, Strong Warm Front, Flooding, and Model Problems
  7. The Real Climate Debate
  8. Huge Precipitation Contrasts
  9. The Blob is Weakening
  10. The Meteorological Switch is About to Be Turned On
  11. Northwest Contrails and Global Warming
  12. Triumph in Northern California
  13. Snowstorm in Stevens Pass
  14. Cold Air and Snow Back in the Northwest
  15. Major Potential for Strong Winds and Wildfires in Northern California
  16. Temperature Extremes Across the U.S. This Week
  17. The University of Washington Should Not Censor Faculty Social Media
  18. Snow Coverage: What a Difference a Few Days Make.

September 2019

  1. Early Snow Hits the Northwest
  2. Arctic Express Coming to the Northwest
  3. Major Snow Event in Montana and Alberta, With Light Snow in Our Mountains
  4. Early Cold and Snow Heading for the Region
  5. Wet-Tember
  6. The Weather Outlook for the Rest of the Fall and Winter
  7. Why have our low temperatures been so HIGH this summer?
  8. Two Strong Fronts will Bring Unusual Amounts of September Rainfall
  9. President Trump Damages U.S. Weather Prediction--But He Had Help
  10. Super Heavy Rain in Everett Causes Flooding
  11. Why So Much Lightning over Western Washington on Saturday Night?
  12. Major Convective Event, with Heavy Rain, Lightning and Thunder, Moving Through Puget Sound
  13. The Eye of Hurricane Dorian Passes Right Over a NOAA Buoy with a Live Webcam
  14. A Junior Blob Off the West Coast--But Still Cool for a Hurricane
  15. Hurricane Dorian is a VERY Small Storm That is Moving Very Slowly

August 2019

  1. Hurricane Dorian Will Spare Florida: Why So Much Uncertainty with This Storm?
  2. Unstable Sky
  3. Trump, Nuclear Bombs and Hurricanes
  4. Near 100F in Portland But Low to Mid 80s in Seattle. Why the Difference?
  5. Is Western Washington Really in Severe Drought?
  6. Why you can't trust your eyes
  7. Snow in northern BC, Rain in the Northwest
  8. The First Autumn Storm Makes Landfall on Wednesday
  9. Where are the best summer breezes in Seattle?
  10. Smoke: what a difference a year makes.
  11. Is Global Warming an Existential Threat? Probably Not, But Still a Serious Issue.
  12. Saturday Morning "Deluge" Shows the Limitations of Modern Weather Prediction
  13. Thunderstorms on Friday Night and Saturday Morning
  14. Unusual Low Pressure over the Eastern Pacific Brings Rain Back
  15. Wildfire Smoke Returns to Western (and Eastern) Washington
  16. EPIC: The Last Chance for National Weather Service Weather Modeling to Regain Leadership?
  17. The Driest Week of the Year Brings Rain and the Summer Outlook

July 2019

  1. The Driest Day of the Year in Seattle, But What About Other Places?
  2. UFO Sky
  3. Rain on Saturday
  4. The Meteorology (and More) of the Grass Fires of Eastern Washington
  5. Humidity Storm Hits the Northeast While the Northwest Has the Best Weather in the Nation
  6. The Strongest Summer Jet Stream to Hit the Pacific Northwest EVER!
  7. JAWS2 Hits--And The Atmosphere is Not Ready to Return to Normal
  8. A wet week during the driest time of the year
  9. My Forecast Discussion for Saturday, July 13: An Experiment
  10. Sticky Air and Record-Breaking Moisture over Western Washington
  11. JAWS is Making Landfall on the Northwest Coast
  12. Winter in July
  13. Fireworks and Air Quality
  14. British Columbia is About to Be Inundated
  15. Alaska Smoke Reaches Washington State (Aloft)

June 2019

  1. Freezing Temperatures and Puffy Cumulus Clouds
  2. A Quieter Than Average Wildfire Season So Far
  3. Potentially Severe Thunderstorm Threat Today for Washington and Oregon
  4. The Best Estimate Yet of the Impact of Global Warming on the Pacific Northwest
  5. Preparing for Wildfire Smoke
  6. My Number One Weather Question Recently
  7. A Wetter than Normal Period Ahead
  8. The Seattle Times Story on Massive Heat Wave Deaths in Seattle: Does it Make Sense?
  9. Strong Push of Marine Air into the Washington and Wildfire Threat Along the Cascade Eastern Slopes
  10. Hot Day Tomorrow, Followed by a Cool Down
  11. Unusual Cool Temperatures over the Pacific Northwest Leads to Strong Winds and Power Outages in California
  12. Snow in the Cascades, Thunderstorms, and Needed Precipitation over SW Washington
  13. Thunderstorms on Friday
  14. Cool, Cloudy, and Wet Period Ahead
  15. Alberta Smoke Spreads to the Atlantic

May 2019

  1. More on the Washington Drought Situation
  2. The Fraser River Plume
  3. Memorial Day Weekend Forecast: Moist to Dry
  4. Does Washington State Really Have a Drought Emergency?
  5. Should California Be Renamed the Evergreen State?
  6. Will 5G Undermine Weather Prediction?
  7. Deluge in California
  8. A Wet Period Ahead for the U.S. West Coast
  9. Batten Down the Hatches: Cool, Marine Air is Surging Into Western Washington
  10. Will Puget Sound Experience Another "Smokestorm" This Summer?
  11. Minor Heat Wave Ahead
  12. Powerful Dust Devil Takes a "Bounce House" Airborne, Injuring Students
  13. Low Cloud Season Begins in the Northwest
  14. Wetter than Normal April to be Followed by a Very Dry Start to May

April 2019

  1. The Meteorology of the Seattle Crane Collapse
  2. Strong Winds Descend into Eastern Washington
  3. Is Washington State Air Quality Getting Better or Worse?
  4. A Subtlety of Local Weather
  5. A Very Nice Holiday Weekend
  6. U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction: Darkest Before the Dawn?
  7. The Northwest Weather Workshop on May 3-4
  8. Heavy Convergence Zone Rainfall Inundates the Central WA Cascades
  9. No Reason to Worry Yet About Summer Drought in the Northwest
  10. Bountiful Precipitation and Full Reservoirs in California
  11. What Knocked Down 24 City Light Power Poles Near Boeing Field?
  12. A Wet Weekend During a Month When Drying is the Norm
  13. The Genius of Crowd Weather Forecasting

March 2019

  1. Rain Returns to a Dry Pacific Northwest
  2. Advice to Californians: Vacation in Washington State for Sun and Dry Conditions
  3. UW's Cherry Blossom Timing and Our Winter Weather
  4. Aurora Forecast Bust and Dry Western Washington
  5. Potential Aurora Tonight!
  6. The Great Eastern Washington Melt Out
  7. Pollen Storm Hits Western Washington
  8. The Warmest Winter Day in Sea-Tac History, But a Tie for Seattle
  9. With Declining Orcas and Salmon, Why Do We Allow the Shellfish Industry to Poison Our Coastal Waters With Herbicides and Pesticides?
  10. March Heat Wave
  11. The Other Convergence Zone
  12. Record-Breaking Cold in Eastern Washington
  13. FINALLY! Springtime Warmth Is Coming to the Northwest
  14. Last Chance for Lowland Snow for the Winter
  15. Snow Showers Move Into Western Washington
  16. Potential for Light Snow at Lower Elevations
  17. The Driest Air in the U.S. is Found in SEATTLE
  18. Finally! Near Normal Highs in Western Washington, While Eastern WA Remains in the Freezer
  19. Lessons of the Failure of Initiative 1631: A Political Analysis

February 2019

  1. Third Coldest February In Seattle History (And Snow Showers Later Today!)
  2. Snow Heads to Oregon, While Western WA Enjoys Cold/Dry/Windy Conditions
  3. A Very Difficult Snow Forecast
  4. Increasing Chances for Light Snow During the Next Week
  5. Seattle Should Buy More Snowplows
  6. The Hills Will Be White, But Lowland Snow Lovers Will Be Disappointed
  7. The Potential for More Lowland Snow
  8. Snow Brings Out the Best in People
  9. Will This Be The Coldest February in Sea-Tac History?
  10. From the Freezer Into The Refrigerator
  11. The End in Sight for the Lowlands as the Warm Front Approaches
  12. Slushmageddon
  13. A Modest Snow Event Later Today; A Potentially Major Event Later Tomorrow (But Substantial Uncertainty)
  14. Two Snowstorms Down. The Big One Maybe Yet to Come!
  15. A Snow Event in Two Acts
  16. Update on the Friday/Saturday Snowstorm
  17. A Major Snowstorm Will Hit the Region Starting Late Friday
  18. Coldest Temperatures in Years and the Next Snowstorm
  19. Post Snowstorm Ice: The Winter Scourge of Western Washington
  20. Snow Post Mortem and a View to the Next Snowstorm
  21. The Snow Band Approaches
  22. Cold and Snow Enter Western Washington: Seattle Will Probably Escape with Light Amounts
  23. Increasing Potential for Lowland Snow over Western Washington
  24. Cold and Snow Update

January 2019

  1. Cold Wave to Hit the Pacific Northwest With Some Lowland Snow Possible
  2. Are Cold Waves Increasing Under Global Warming? The Answer is Clearly No.
  3. Dramatic Display in the Northwest Skies Today: Super Contrails and Hole-Punch Clouds
  4. U.S. Extremes: Big Warm Ridge over the West and Deep, Cold Trough over the East
  5. A downslope windstorm over central Oregon
  6. Why was part of the moon lighter during the total lunar eclipse?
  7. You May Be Able to See the Lunar Eclipse Tonight!
  8. Will you be able to see the Super Blood Wolf Total Lunar Eclipse on Sunday Evening?
  9. Modest Winds Tonight, Stronger Winds Tomorrow Night
  10. Is the U.S. Government Shutdown Hurting Weather Model Accuracy?
  11. An Important New Book Describes How the WA Shellfish Industry is Poisoning our Shoreline Environment
  12. A Wonderful Mid-Winter Break: Sunny and Dry for Days
  13. Death and Destruction on Snoqualmie Pass: Time for WSDOT to Make Better Use of Weather Information
  14. Huge Storm Offshore
  15. Windstorm Details
  16. Major Wind Event For Western Oregon and Washington
  17. Forget El Nino, StormFest is about to Hit the West Coast

2018 193

December 2018

  1. Fogs Engulfs Seattle
  2. Year in Review I: The Big Picture
  3. Another Windstorm Tomorrow
  4. Mountain Snowpack Update
  5. Sad News: No More BLOB
  6. A Beautiful Storm Approaches the West Coast
  7. The December 20 Windstorm and the Start of Winter
  8. Another windstorm will hit the Northwest on Thursday
  9. Tornado Strikes Port Orchard on the Kitsap Peninsula
  10. Holiday Weather Gifts
  11. Heat Wave Hits Port Angeles While Strong Winds Battered the Region
  12. First Major Blow of the Winter
  13. Seattle's Darkest Day in Three Years
  14. When Snow Prayers Work Too Well
  15. Lessons of the Failure of Initiative 1631, the Washington State Carbon Fee, Part 1: Election Analysis
  16. Less Sad in Seattle
  17. It is Darkest Before the Dawn, But When are Surface Air Temperatures the Lowest
  18. Our New Weather Satellite is In Position
  19. The Rewetting of the Western U.S.

November 2018

  1. Finally some snow over the Pacific Northwest
  2. Strong Winds and an Atmospheric River Hit the Northwest
  3. Fog, Freezing Rain and Roadway Icing: The Warning of the Husky Bus Crash
  4. Thanksgiving Forecast
  5. Was Global Warming A Significant Factor in California's Camp Fire? The Answer is Clearly No.
  6. Finally! Heavy Rain, Wind, and Snow Headed for the Pacific Northwest AND California
  7. The Air Quality Health Crisis from the California Wildfires
  8. California Smoke Reaches Washington State
  9. Why did the Catastrophic Camp Fire Start Where it Did?
  10. Strong Diablo/Santa Ana Wind Initiate Major Fires over Californina
  11. El Nino is Strengthening
  12. A Stunning Video of Arizona Monsoon Thunderstorms
  13. A Political Analysis of I-1631: The Carbon Fee Initiative
  14. Aloha Winds Over Puget Sound
  15. The Olympics Protect Puget Sound From Westerly Atmospheric Rivers/ Initiative 1631 Reminder

October 2018

  1. A Strong Atmospheric River Should Hit the Northwest Next Weekend
  2. The Spigot Turns On
  3. First Wind Event of the Winter Season
  4. Taking Off and Landing in Dense Fog: A Miracle of Technolgy
  5. Initiative I-1631: At Odds with Democratic Values
  6. The Winter Transition is Imminent
  7. Beautiful weather produces noisy mornings!
  8. The Son of Blob is Back!
  9. If You Worry About Climate Change and Care About the Environment, Vote No on I-1631
  10. Ridgezilla Returns
  11. The U.S. GFS Beats the European Center Model on Hurricane Track--Again
  12. A Cool Month, But Lots of Sun in Our Future
  13. Do Wind Turbines Enhance Global Warming? No!
  14. Land Breeze Clouds
  15. Wet Week in the West and Snow Hits Washington State
  16. Is Global Warming A Significant Contributor to Washington State Wildfires, Now or in the Future?

September 2018

  1. Fall: The Time of Big Temperature Swings
  2. Winter Forecast for the Northwest
  3. Super Convergence Zone Dumps Heavy Rain
  4. REX Will Dominate Northwest Weather This Week
  5. Time to Drop the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
  6. Why is autumn air so wonderful?
  7. Catastrophic Overuse
  8. Hurricane Florence: Stunningly Good Track Forecasts, Problems with Intensity
  9. Changes in Uncertainty for Hurricane Florence: Are We Communicating this Well Enough?
  10. Hurricane Florence: The Old Versus the New U.S. Global Weather Forecasting Model
  11. The Fall Transition
  12. Light Smoke Reaches Western Washington But Won't Last
  13. What kind of weather pattern produces lots of smoke in Puget Sound?
  14. Weather Radar, Birds, and Smoke
  15. A Dry Summer

August 2018

  1. The Smoke Outlook for the Next Week
  2. The Field Trip to the Wine Country Fires
  3. Rain, Better Air Quality, And the End of Major Heat Waves for Perhaps the Rest of the Summer
  4. Northwest Wildfires: Are We Seeing a "New Normal" Due to Climate Change or The "Old Normal"?
  5. Relief
  6. Western Washington Smoke: Darkest Before the Dawn
  7. Another Surge of Wildfire Smoke Hits Puget Sound: The Worst on Record
  8. Smoke Now Pushing Into Western Washington
  9. A Smokestorm is Imminent for Western Washington
  10. Air Quality if Far Better in Western WA But Smoke Will Return
  11. Seattle's Worst 24h Air Quality on Record
  12. Smoke Storm Hits Washington State
  13. Dense Canadian Smoke Veil Moves Southward over Washington State
  14. Major Change in Northwest Weather: Rain Moves in, Smoke Moves Out
  15. California Wildfires: Is Global Warming Producing a New Normal? Part 1: Are CA Wildfires Becoming More Frequent?
  16. 3D Smoke
  17. Warmer Weather and More Smoke Ahead
  18. The Great Irony: Cooler Weather in the West Means More Wildfires in the East

July 2018

  1. Addressing the Stagnation of U.S. Operational Numerical Weather Prediction
  2. Smoke Reaches Western Washington
  3. After A Benign Start to the Wildfire Season: Washington State Must Be Vigilant
  4. The Seattle Tacoma Airport Temperature Sensor is Running Too Warm: Again
  5. Few Air Conditioners in Seattle (and western Washington): The Dry Facts
  6. The Unnecessary Tragedy in Missouri: Lessons for Our Society
  7. Winds Drive the Explosive Substation Fire Near the Dalles
  8. Marine Air Surges Inland
  9. The Technology That Can Provide Society with Actionable Information For Dealing with Global Warming
  10. The Driest Air of the Nation is Over the Inland Pacific Northwest
  11. Far Less Smoke over the Northwest Than Last Year
  12. Beautiful Cloud Pictures of a "Cap" on Some Cumulus
  13. Real Summer Begins in the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday
  14. Profound Impacts of Fireworks on Visibility and Air Quality
  15. July 4th: Environmental Dangers and Celebration
  16. Darkness Strikes Central Puget Sound

June 2018

  1. A New Environmental Challenge for Seattle: RABBITS!
  2. Thunderstorms Bring Strong Winds, Road Closures, and Power Outages over Northeast Washington
  3. Unusually Strong Cold Front (with Lightning) Hits the Northwest
  4. How Climate Change Exaggeration Can Hurt People and the Environment
  5. Marine Air is Surging In
  6. Warm West, Cool East in the Pacific Northwest
  7. Are Americans Losing Interest in Global Warming?
  8. Mystery "Missile Launch" Explained
  9. Was there an unannounced missile launch on Whidbey Island early on Sunday morning?
  10. Snow in the Mountains this Weekend
  11. Cool, Wet Weather with SNOW in the Mountains for the Northwest
  12. Fixing the Warm Temperature Bias At Yakima
  13. The First Imagery from the New Geostationary Satellite
  14. Warmest May on Record for Seattle, Tied for Driest May

May 2018

  1. Whirlwind Hits Lake Sammamish over Memorial Day Weekend Lifting Rafts into the Air. Why so Strong?
  2. Why One Should Never Use the Term "Climate Denier"
  3. Believe it or Not! May is the Wettest Month in Many Parts of the U.S. and the Driest in Others!
  4. Seattle Will Tie the Record for Driest May, While Nevada and Northern CA Aew Wet
  5. The Cottonwood Revelation
  6. Reforming the National Weather Service, Part 1: Changing the Role of Human Forecasters
  7. Flooding in Eastern Washington, Driest May on Record for Western Washington
  8. Moisture Hole Reaches California
  9. Some Record Minimum Temperatures This Morning and Dry May
  10. Northwest Sudden Drying: The Rapid Transition to Dry Soils in May
  11. Will Hawaii's Vog Head Our Way?
  12. Roller Coaster Weather Season in the Northwest
  13. Time to Fix the Yakima Airport Temperature Sensor
  14. Decreasing Cold Waves: The Most Potent Sign of Global Warming in the Pacific Northwest?
  15. A Dry, Warming Period Ahead for the Pacific Northwest

April 2018

  1. Kauai Experiences the U.S. 24-h Precipitation Record: Why Did it Happen?
  2. The Onshore Push Has Begun
  3. Is "Weather Whiplash" Increasing In California?
  4. The Subtleties of Warmth
  5. The Upcoming Heat Wave in the Pacific Northwest
  6. The Connection Between Heavy Rainfall in Kauai and Washington State Last Weekend
  7. Dense Fog: Unusual This Time of the Year
  8. The Carbon Fee Initiative (1631) Has Major Problems: Let's Try Something Better
  9. Localized Deluge
  10. Is this an unusually poor spring in the Pacific Northwest?
  11. A Good Example of Why Need a Weather Radar Along the Oregon Coast--AND--The Northwest Weather Workshop
  12. West Coast Precipitation Trends
  13. A Record-Breaking Atmospheric River Hits California and Strong Marine Cyclone Offshore of Washington
  14. One of the Greatest West Coast Atmospheric Rivers on Record
  15. Monster Late-Season Atmospheric River Will Hit the West Coast With Heavy Rain and Strong Winds
  16. A Convergence Zone Snow and "Hail" over Central Puget Sound with Deadly Consequences
  17. Moving Forward with a Carbon Tax in Washington State: Only A Revenue-Neutral Approach is Viable (Part I)

March 2018

  1. La Nina is Doomed
  2. Rain Shadow Winds
  3. Virga Fest
  4. Cold, Unstable Air Brings Snow Down to Higher Hills Around the Puget Sound Region
  5. Unusually Cold Air and Even the Chance of Light Lowland Snow will Hit the Pacific Northwest
  6. Four Women Will ROW From California to Hawaii To Highlight Climate Change and Sustainability
  7. California's "March Miracle" is Not Over
  8. Is the Western U.S. Snowpack Declining "Dramatically"?
  9. Extreme Morning Heat Wave Hits the Puget Sound Region
  10. Record Highs Today over Western Washington State and a Very Wet California
  11. Monday's Temperatures Will Amaze
  12. Spring "Heat Wave" Coming to Western Washington and Oregon
  13. Drone Weather Cams: The New Frontier
  14. Substantial Improvements in Western U.S. Snowpack and Water Resources
  15. The New West Coast Weather Satellite is Launched
  16. What happens after the global warming problem is solved?

February 2018

  1. Graupel Storm Hits Puget Sound
  2. Protecting Seattle From Extreme Weather
  3. Going to Snow Around Puget Sound Very Soon!
  4. The Olympic Mountain Snow Shadow and Prospects for Snow this Week
  5. Record Cold and the Northwest Stays in the Freezer for a While
  6. Wind, Snow, and Cold: Very Active Weather in the Northwest
  7. Cold and Snow
  8. La Nina Snows Over the Pacific Northwest Followed by Very Cold Air
  9. The Strange Case of the Quinault Blow Down: The Ultimate Solution
  10. La Nina-Like Cool Period with Some Limited Lowland Snow
  11. The Mystery Tree Fall Near Lake Quinault: Why Did It Happen? Part II
  12. The Mystery Tree Fall Near Lake Quinault: Why Did It Happen? Part I.
  13. The Heavy Rain/Flooding Event Begins
  14. An Unusual Heavy Rain Event on Sunday

January 2018

  1. Don't Give Up in Watching Tomorrow Morning's Eclilpse!
  2. It never rains in California?
  3. Strong Winds, Followed by the Unusual: A Decent Warm Front in the Northwest
  4. Pacific Cyclone Makes Landfall on Vancouver Island Tomorrow Night
  5. How could the precipitation be the same in the mountains and Puget Sound?
  6. Very Strong Cold Front Crosses the Coast
  7. Newest Cloud Types Seen in the Pacific Northwest
  8. Big Waves Hit the Northwest Coast from an Immense Storm Offshore
  9. West Coast Water Supply Is In Good Shape And About to Get Much Better
  10. Record Heat in Western Washington and Oregon
  11. Finally! A Transition to Cool/Moist La Nina Conditions in the Northwest
  12. Scary But Deceiving Climate Statistics
  13. Norwegian Cruise Ship Heads Right Into a Well-Forecast Storm
  14. Snow in Mountains, Wind, and Ample Precipitation: A La Nina-Like Pattern This Week
  15. Snowpack Update: Slightly Low Today But More Snow is Expected
  16. Beauty is a Beast: The East Coast Storm
  17. An Unusually Sunny Midwinter
  18. Northwest Mountains Protect Us From the Cold

2017 205

December 2017

  1. A Ridgy New Year
  2. The Paradox of Sea Level Rise
  3. Inversion Truth: How Unusual Have They Been?
  4. A Fairly Normal Fall
  5. Snow Returns to the Northwest Mountains (and Even Some Lowlands)
  6. Windy California
  7. Strange Holes in Clouds Explained
  8. Light Rain Returns to the Pacific Northwest, California Smoke Exits the Region, as the West Coast Ridge Weakens
  9. Are California Coastal Wildfires Connected With Global Warming: The Evidence Says No
  10. Los Angeles Smoke Reaches the Northwest
  11. Dangerous Icing and Super Inversion over Western WA This Morning
  12. Extreme Temperature Variations Hits the Pacific Northwest
  13. Another Highly Predictable Windstorm/Wildfire Event: Ventura and Los Angeles Counties
  14. The Godzilla Ridge Returns
  15. The Upcoming December "Drought" in the Northwest

November 2017

  1. Super Dark Days: Advice from a Meteorologist
  2. Fronts Are Stronger Aloft Than At the Surface Here in the Northwest
  3. The Fall So Far
  4. Temperature Records On Wednesday. Why?
  5. Tropical Air over Seattle
  6. Warm Temperature Records Will Fall As A Strong Atmospheric River Hits the Pacific Northwest
  7. The Real Signs of Human-Caused Global Warming
  8. Bountiful Snow But Warm Rain Is On The Way
  9. Low Solar Radiation: Is That Why You are Depressed?
  10. Wind Storm Update
  11. A Possible Strong Wind Event Tomorrow
  12. A Turbulent Landing at Sea-Tac Airport on Wednesday Evening
  13. Big Snow Coming to the Cascades
  14. Thanksgiving Skiing and a Cool/Wet November
  15. Will it Snow Tonight and Tomorrow Morning in Western Washington?
  16. Light Snow Reaches the Lowlands of Western Washington
  17. Snow Expected over Western Washington

October 2017

  1. Why the Wine Country Fires Was a Severe Weather Event and Not Climate Change
  2. A Super Inversion is Over Western Washington
  3. High Pressure Dominates the Region But A Radical Change Ahead
  4. Northwest Weather Believe It or Not!
  5. Heavy Rain, Flooding Rivers, and Profound Rain Shadows
  6. 5000 Mile Atmospheric River Will Hit the Northwest on Saturday: Heavy Rain in the Offering
  7. The First Significant Storm of the Season
  8. The Real Story Behind the California Wildfires
  9. Cold Weather and Snow Hits the Pacific Northwest
  10. Could the Northern California Wildfires Have Been Prevented Using Preemptive Power Outages and High-Resolution Weather Forecasts?
  11. The Northern California Fires: Driven by the Diablo Winds That Were Predicted Days Before
  12. U.S. Numerical Weather Is Still Behind and Not Catching Up: What is Wrong and How Can It Be Fixed?
  13. When Rainier Wears Its Cap and Strong Winds Hit Puget Sound
  14. Satellite View of Burned Areas in the Pacific Northwest
  15. Western Washington Summer Smoke: Was 2017 the Smokiest Summer Ever? If so, why?
  16. How does a straw really work?

September 2017

  1. Last 80F Day of the Year in Seattle
  2. The Last Warm Days of the Year
  3. Resilience to Extreme Weather and Climate Change: Can This Be a Bipartisan Effort?
  4. Autumn Starts Today Following the Driest and Warmest in Seattle Records
  5. The Driest Summer in Seattle's History
  6. Normal Weather Returns to the Northwest (Hint: Mountain Snow, Heavy Rain, Wind, Clean Air)
  7. La Nina and This Winter's Weather
  8. The Hurricane Irma Forecast: Triumph or Disappointment?
  9. The Northwest's Summer Drought Will End on Sunday
  10. Hurricane Irma Takes a Western Route Northward
  11. American Versus European Models and Irma's Big Turn
  12. Improving Air Quality Today
  13. Ash is Falling in Seattle
  14. Smoke Front Hits Western Washington
  15. Smoke and Heat Coming to Western Washington
  16. Drizzle Storm Causes Power Outages in Seattle

August 2017

  1. Global Warming and Hurricane Harvey
  2. Smoke Returns and More Warm, Dry Weather Ahead
  3. How Will Human-Forced Climate Change Affect the Pacific Northwest?
  4. Extraordinary Radar Imagery for Hurricane Harvey
  5. A Tie for the Driest Summer in Seattle History, While Texas Floods
  6. Meteorological Effects of the Eclipse...and More
  7. How Will the Eclipse Change U.S. Weather on August 21?
  8. Eclipse Weather Update: Will the Partial Eclipse Be Visible in Seattle? What will happen in Oregon?
  9. The Best Place to View the Total Eclipse in the U.S.: Salem, Oregon and Vicinity
  10. Eclipse Weather Forecast: Looks Good for BOTH Sides of the Cascades
  11. Wildfire Smoke Brought Radioactivity and Ozone
  12. The End of Smoke, the First Rain, and Cooler Temperatures Return: But Are There Dangers with this Change?
  13. The Ultimate Wildfire Smoke Video for Puget Sound
  14. Believe it or Not! Wildfire Smoke Is Cooling the Northwest
  15. Rapid Worsening of Air Quality over Puget Sound Today
  16. Dry Period Record Tied Today
  17. Improved Air Quality at Low Levels over Western Washington as Smoke Pours in Overhead: It Won't Last Long
  18. Smoke Starts to Recede as Marine Air Pushes into Western Washington
  19. SMOKEZILLA Versus the Heat Wave
  20. Smoke Pushes Into Washington State
  21. Portland Faces Historic Heat, while Seattle Experiences A Major Heat Wave

July 2017

  1. Superheat Coming to the Northwest This Week
  2. Drizzle Storm Hits Seattle: One Record Lost
  3. Major Dry-Day Records May Be Broken
  4. Personal Fireworks Should Be Banned
  5. What are these clouds?
  6. Smoky British Columbia and Will Wildfire Smoke Affect Eclipse Viewing?
  7. Melt Out at Paradise on Mount Rainier
  8. How Western Washington's Temperatures are Controlled By the Pacific Ocean
  9. Will You Get Free Windows on August 6?
  10. New Study Suggests Global Warming Will Be Kind to the Northwest: But There Will Still Be Impacts
  11. A Very Dry Start to Summer
  12. Should Personal Fireworks Be Banned?
  13. Why is Puget Sound cloudy when the rest of the region is clear?
  14. The August 21st Total Eclipse: The Meteorology is Favorable

June 2017

  1. Start of the Northwest Wildfire Season: Lightning, Winds, and Grassoline
  2. The Truth about Northwest UFOs
  3. Cool Air is Starting to Move In
  4. The Hot One Today
  5. Weekend Heat Wave
  6. Hottest Day of the Year Map
  7. Escaping the Southwest Heat
  8. Should Scientists and the Media Exaggerate Global Warming?
  9. Heavy Rain and Super Rain Shadow
  10. Midwinter Moisture in June
  11. Snow and Chains In California's Sierra Nevada with Rain Returning to the Northwest
  12. Cold and Snow in the Cascades
  13. El Nino Next Winter?
  14. Welcome Rain is On the Way
  15. After the Paris Accord: What is the Best Route Forward for Dealing with Global Warming?
  16. Daily Melting Seen in Local Stream Flows

May 2017

  1. The Cold Blob is here: what does this imply for this summer?
  2. Spring Stratus Inundates the Eastern Pacific
  3. Seattle Versus San Francisco Weather: Our Summers Are Better
  4. President Trump's Budget Plan Weakens U.S. Weather Prediction
  5. Major Marine Push Occurring Right Now
  6. Are Air Conditioners Needed in Seattle Now or in the Future?
  7. 80 degrees on Tuesday?
  8. Was Weather Behind the Record Times During the Windermere Crew Races?
  9. Heavy Rain Followed by Drought
  10. Seattle Times Climate Change Article is Dead Wrong
  11. Flood Warnings in Eastern Washington
  12. The Homeless Crisis in Seattle: Time for a New Approach
  13. Wind Shear: When the Atmospheric Seems to be Tearing Itself Apart
  14. Extraordinary Lightning Strikes over the Northwest
  15. Amazing Day of Lightining
  16. Thunderstorms Have Begun over the Northwest!
  17. Hawaiian Air Reaches Seattle
  18. 70s and Thunderstorms Headed For Our Region
  19. Record Cold and Unprecedented Trough Hits Hawaii

April 2017

  1. A Spatial View of a Wet Winter
  2. Strong Spring Convergence Zone Demonstrates Improvements in Numerical Weather Predicton
  3. Darth Vapor Strikes Again (And Again)
  4. Pacific Mega Moisture Plume Approaches the West Coast
  5. A Late April Precipitation Pattern I Have Never Seen Before
  6. Why the March for Science is a Bad Idea
  7. Major Weather Bill Signed by the President Today
  8. Why aren't my seeds growing?
  9. The Beauty and Danger of Evaporating Precipitation
  10. Record Breaking Precipitation in California: Is Global Warming to Blame?
  11. Frost on your car but the temperature is above freezing. How can that be?
  12. New GOES Weather Satellite Imagery
  13. The Worst is Over as the Storm Crosses Vancouver Island
  14. Major Wind Event About to Hit Western WA
  15. An Extraordinary Storm Approaches
  16. Major Windstorm Heading for Pacific Northwest Coastal Waters
  17. We Finally Reach 60F and a Rare Twin Storm Event on the West Coast
  18. The First 60 Degree Day of the Year in Western Washington
  19. Fixing Seattle's Traffic Mess

March 2017

  1. A Beautiful Day on Friday After One of the Worst Winters in Years
  2. The Yakima Warm Anomaly: A Local Weather Mystery
  3. Peak Snowpack Time
  4. When is the air aloft the coldest and driest on average? Now!
  5. A Good Winter for Northwest Potholes: Why?
  6. Might Bipartisan Actions Revolutionize U.S. Weather Prediction?
  7. A Year's Worth of Water in 5 Months
  8. The Nor'Easter of March 14: What are its Lessons for the Weather Community?
  9. Warmth and Rain Brings Flooding to the Pacific Northwest
  10. How Would the Trump Administration's Proposed Cuts Affect the Big Snowstorm Forecast?
  11. The coldest winter in a generation for the Pacific Northwest
  12. Good Blow Friday Morning
  13. No water problems this summer
  14. Mini-Cyclone Hits Western Washington
  15. Unusual cold and last chance for lowland snow
  16. The Trump Administration Proposes Large Cuts to U.S. Weather Prediction
  17. High-Resolution Ensemble Forecasts: The Critical Missing Element of U.S. Operational Numerical Weather Prediction

February 2017

  1. Surprise Snowstorm in Seattle
  2. Too Warm
  3. Marginal Lowland Snow, Again.
  4. Why has California Been Wet and Washington State Cool This Winter
  5. La Nina is Dead. Can El Nino Be Far Behind?
  6. More Threatening Weather at the Oroville Dam
  7. Will Seattle Beat the All-Time February Precipitation Record? Almost Certainly Yes
  8. Northwest Weather Hits Southern California with the Most Substantial Storm in Years
  9. For Some in California, the Worst is Yet to Come
  10. The West Coast Will Face An Extraordinarily Wet Period
  11. How much salt falls naturally out of the sky?
  12. Hold on to your hats! Western Washington winds are about to blow!
  13. Global warming will bring milder weather to the Pacific Northwest
  14. Northwest WA Snow, the Big Warm Up, and Flooding
  15. Snowy Aftermath
  16. Increasing Threat of Lowland Snow Later Today and Monday
  17. Snow Threat Increases
  18. Significant Chance of Lowland Snow Late Sunday and Monday
  19. Precipitation Returns to the Northwest

January 2017

  1. Another Cold, Snowy, and Icy Period Will Hit Portland AGAIN
  2. Super High Pressure Hits the Western U.S.
  3. Dry North, Wet South: The Expected Winter Precipitation Anomalies Are Reversed
  4. Weather Satellite Imagery Now in Color!
  5. Weather Conference Scares Away Bad Weather
  6. California's Drought is Over
  7. Major Freezing Rain Event Across the Region
  8. Major Transition to Warmer and Wetter
  9. Portland Fails To Clear Snow and Ice: Seattle SDOT Comes to the Rescue
  10. High Resolution Satellite Imagery of Washington/Oregon Snow
  11. Major Snow Bust Around Portland
  12. Make U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction Great (Again)
  13. Freezing Rain Hits Portland with a Threat to WA Passes
  14. The Unusual for the Northwest: An Inferior Mirage
  15. Dry Air Storm Hits the Pacific Northwest
  16. Three Feet of Snow at Mission Ridge, Cold and Sunny

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December 2016

  1. 1 PM Update
  2. New Year's Eve Snow for the Puget Sound Lowlands?
  3. An Amazing Rainshadow
  4. The Potential for a Major Cold Spell in the Northwest
  5. Holiday Air Quality
  6. Minor snow today
  7. Where to go for a dry vacation?
  8. Why is Climate Research Important?
  9. The Warm Up
  10. Cold Temperatures and Light Snow on Sunday AM
  11. Hard Freeze Will Soon Hit West of the Cascade Crest
  12. Freezing Rain Hits Portland and Bellingham
  13. Nighttime Weather Cams: The Next Frontier
  14. Thursday Snow Nowcast at 3 PM: Snow Moving in Faster Than Expected
  15. It Will Snow On Thursday Night, But Don't Expect Snow Drifts
  16. Increasing Probability of Lowland Snow Late Thursday Afternoon Through Early Friday
  17. Puget Sound Snow Threat is Done, But More Exciting Weather is Yet to Come
  18. Lowland Snow: It's All About Temperature
  19. Snow Update with a Probabilistic View
  20. Significant Cold/Snow Event Next Week

November 2016

  1. Will Snow Hit the Puget Sound Lowlands in a Few Days?
  2. Why Does Mount Baker Get So Much Snow?
  3. Wet and Warm Thanksgiving Weekend After Large Amounts of High-Elevation Snow
  4. Turkey and Mountain Snow
  5. Heavy Mountain Snows Ahead
  6. A Revolutionary New U.S. Weather Satellite is Launched: GOES-R
  7. The First Normal Day of Fall
  8. Lots of Snow Today But the Long- Term Outlook is Not Favorable
  9. Finally, Some Decent Snow in the Mountains!
  10. Can Weather Forecasters Help Political Pollsters?
  11. Amazing Warmth Doesn't End
  12. Election Day 2080
  13. Landslide Worries over the Northwest
  14. Oil Companies and Big Polluters are Desperately Trying to Stop I-732 (the Carbon Tax Swap Initiative)
  15. Heat Spikes and Heavy Rain in the Pacific Northwest
  16. If you are undecided about I-732, read this before you vote.
  17. Extraordinary Climate Record Broken at Spokane: The Greatest Monthly Precipitation of ALL TIME

October 2016

  1. Monthly Precipitation Records Have Fallen
  2. The Snow Outlook for this Winter in the Northwest
  3. The Wettest October on Record, Global Warming, and I-732
  4. Big Low and Big Waves Off of the Northwest Coast
  5. U.S. Operational Numerical Weather Prediction: What's Wrong and How it Can Be Fixed.
  6. Extremely Wet Fall in the Northwest: Will We Break the October Record?
  7. A Deeper Look at Saturday's Storm: Can We Do Better?
  8. A Short Comment About the Storm
  9. The Storm Reveals Itself
  10. Today's Major Storm: A Difficult Forecast
  11. Major Windstorm, Tornadoes, and Much More
  12. Storm Update
  13. Storm Update
  14. Warning: Major Storms Threaten the Pacific Northwest
  15. Open Letter from Leading Climate Scientists Support the I-732 Carbon Tax Swap
  16. Atmospheric Rivers Hit the Northwest
  17. Hurricane Matthew: Which Forecast Model is Best?
  18. Heavy Rain to Strike the Southeast U.S. and the Pacific Northwest/N. California
  19. CO2 Levels Rise Above 400 PPM: You Will Never See Lower Again!
  20. A Weakening BLOB

September 2016

  1. Wet Period Ahead
  2. A Weather Data Revolution in the Cockpit
  3. A Normal Summer
  4. Today is the Fall Equinox, But is the Day and Night REALLY Equal?
  5. Will the Naive Left and the Self-Interested Kill the Most Significant Environmental Advance in Years?
  6. The Giant Seattle Ice Cube Meets a Suspicious Demise
  7. Pacific Moisture and the Jet Stream are Back
  8. 99 F Surface Temperature Change in Eight Hours!
  9. Seattle's Super Ice Cube is Melting Quickly. Plus, Our Ice Block History
  10. The Blob is Back
  11. La Nina Watch Canceled by NOAA
  12. "The Nader Moment" for Washington State Environmentalists
  13. Perhaps the World's Biggest Ice Cube will Be Installed in a Seattle Park. How Fast Will It Melt?
  14. First Major Convergence Zone of the "Fall"
  15. Hawaii Gets Hit By A Tropical Storm and a Stronger Hurricane is Next: Why?

August 2016

  1. The Rain Cometh
  2. Will Low-Income Folks Be Hit Harder By Global Warming in the Pacific Northwest?
  3. The Last Warm Day Before A Big Cool Down
  4. Why I-732, the Carbon Tax Initiative, is a Win for Everyone
  5. The Portland Hot Box
  6. One Last Hot Day But Is a Bigger Heat Wave in Our Future?
  7. Breaking the Daily High Temperature Record Today
  8. Glory and the Space Needle
  9. How to get aircraft turbulence information?
  10. Was the JetBlue Turbulence Incident Avoidable?
  11. California Water Temperatures in the Northwest
  12. Powerful New Tool for Smoke Forecasting
  13. Thunderstorms and Thunderboats
  14. Seafair Weekend Forecast: A Lazy Low Visits
  15. Northwest Wildfire Season Has Begun

July 2016

  1. The National Weather Service Moves to a New Global Model: Will It Do it Right?
  2. The Upcoming Cool Down
  3. Are Pacific Northwest Summers Becoming More Humid?
  4. Dry Weather on Schedule
  5. Weather Cam Provides a VERY Close Up View of a Lightning Strike
  6. Innovative New Weather App Observes Pressure and Provides Useful Weather/Elevation Information
  7. Dust Devil Hits West Seattle Play Field
  8. ThunderFest for the Cascades Today and Tomorrow
  9. Is the Blob Really Dead?
  10. To Become World Class, US Operational Numerical Weather Prediction Needs a Strategic Plan
  11. Frost in July Hits the Pacific Northwest
  12. Stunning Cloud Photos and Falling Ice Crystals
  13. Januly
  14. Two Places to Enjoy Fresh Summer Snow: Greenland and the Pacific Northwest
  15. July 4th Weather and the Coolest Early Summer in Years
  16. Traditional July 4 Weekend Weather

June 2016

  1. The KPLU Triumph
  2. Who provides the best weather forecasts?
  3. Glorious Rain Shaft at Sunset
  4. West Coast Contrasts: Cool North/Hot South
  5. U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction is Falling Further Behind: What is Wrong and How Can It Be Fixed Quickly?
  6. Perfect Rain
  7. A Very Different Late Spring (and a Wet Saturday)
  8. The Seattle Rain Shadow
  9. Winter in June
  10. Snow Coming to Our Mountains! Supertrough! And More!
  11. Do We Need Local National Weather Service Offices If We Have Weather Apps, Accuweather, and the Weather Channel?
  12. El Nino is Dead and La Nina Has Begun
  13. Major Cool Down
  14. Smoke and Fire
  15. Weekend Heat Wave
  16. Rainbow Clouds Seen Around the Region

May 2016

  1. Washington State is Losing Its Signature Views. Can We Restore Them?
  2. June Gloom in May
  3. Steven's Pass Melt Out
  4. Most Weather-Related Wildland Firefigher Deaths Can Be Prevented: Here's How.
  5. A significant precipitation event from the "wrong" direction
  6. Cherry Weather Worries
  7. Troughzilla
  8. Heavy Rain and Potential Flooding (And a Warning about Parking)
  9. Arid Spring
  10. Major Cooling Ahead
  11. Cooler West, Windy East
  12. Vigorous Onshore Marine Push and Good News for Mothers
  13. Rain Off the Coast in Clear Skies?
  14. Alberta Fires
  15. The KPLU Miracle
  16. Today is June 1st: A Very Warm Spring in the Northwest, Again.

April 2016

  1. The Unusual: Normal Weather
  2. Destabilization
  3. The Most Extreme Warm Day in Seattle History: April 18, 2016
  4. TV Meteorologist Jeff Renner Retires from KING TV
  5. The Big Meltdown Followed By A Cool Down
  6. The Warmest April Day in Seattle History
  7. Super Contrail Day
  8. ANOTHER Heat Wave. Will this Summer be a Repeat of the Last One?
  9. Rainshadow Sunset
  10. Radio Station KUOW Has Gone too Far
  11. How do meteorologists see fog and low clouds at night?
  12. Thursday High Temperatures and Today's Situation
  13. Crazy Warm
  14. Heat Storm Hits the Northwest
  15. 60F at one's head and 32F at one's toes
  16. Taste of Summer in Early Spring
  17. Bird Migration on Radar: What Weather Conditions Encourage Our Feathered Friends

March 2016

  1. El Nino is Weakening Rapidly
  2. Huge Ridge and Extraordinary Weather Ahead
  3. Avoiding Falling Trees During WIndstorms
  4. More Snow Coming to the Cascades
  5. The Golden Rule of Climate Extremes
  6. New Technology Rain Gauge
  7. Was Sunday's Storm Like a Hurricane?
  8. Stampede Pass Weather Station is Back!
  9. Max Winds
  10. A Beautiful Storm
  11. Windstorm Update: Could This Be a Big Fizzle over Puget Sound?
  12. Sunday Windstorm
  13. The National Weather Service Selects A New Global Weather Prediction Model: Will It Make the Right Choice?
  14. Huge Gas Explosion Creates Pressure Wave over the Northwest PLUS a Powerful Storm Hits Our Coast
  15. Drought Buster Hits California
  16. Donald Trump Speaks Out on Weather Forecasting and Climate
  17. Comma Clouds Hit the Pacific Northwest
  18. The Wettest Winter in Seattle History

February 2016

  1. Seattle and Western Washington have the Longest Spring Season in the Nation!
  2. The Slowly Fading (But Near Normal) Snowpack
  3. The National Weather Service's New Supercomputers are Operational!
  4. Is Oregon STILL in Severe Drought?
  5. Is it REALLY the Wettest Winter in Seattle History?
  6. The Unusual; Yakima Flooding in Mid-February
  7. Aircraft Turbulence Clouds
  8. Atmospheric River Fest: A Very Wet Week
  9. Wacky Icicle Does Not Seem To Know About Gravity
  10. Super-Inversion Over Western Washington
  11. Mid-summer Air over the Northwest
  12. National Weather Service: Time to Fix the Stampede Pass Weather Station!
  13. Ridgezilla
  14. California Reservoirs Filling Rapidly After Heavy Precipitation

January 2016

  1. Stop the El Nino Forecast Complaints!
  2. The Finest Hours Storm of February 17, 1952
  3. Heat Wave over Western Washington
  4. Major Atmospheric River Period for the West Coast
  5. Saving Public Radio in Western Washington: Financing an Independent KPLU and Reforming KUOW
  6. Why was the Washington DC snowstorm easy to forecast?
  7. Atmospheric River Update
  8. Atmospheric River Approaches
  9. Why are the winds so different between the gaps and peaks in the Cascades?
  10. The Oregon Coastal Radar Gap: A Serious Problem for Northwest Meteorologists
  11. A Wet Weekend, But Sun Returns on Monday
  12. Why are BOTH the Political Left and the Right Working Against Effective Action on Global Warming?
  13. The Winter So Far
  14. Super Icy
  15. Split Personality: The Future of Winter 2016 over the West Coast of North America
  16. Heat Surge in the West, While Cold Stratus Dominates Eastern Washington
  17. California's Water Situation Improving
  18. Yes, It's Snowing in the Lowlands!
  19. Offshore Flow, Eastern Washington Cold Pool, Declining Air Quality, and California Floods
  20. Another Aurora Chance Tonight

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December 2015

  1. Coldest Temperatures and a Minor Aurora
  2. Aurora Borealis Over Washington State Tonight?
  3. El Nino: A Weather Force Awakens
  4. The Pacific Northwest: Snow Capital of the U.S.
  5. Lowland Snow over Western Washington?
  6. Snoqualmie Pass is Buried in Snow
  7. The Wettest December in Northwest History?
  8. Wet Drought
  9. Dead Blob
  10. Mountains of Snow
  11. Senator Cantwell and the Other Radar Gap
  12. One Last Storm and Snow Fest In the Mountains
  13. Exceptional Picture of the "Drunken Storm"
  14. Powerful "Drunken" Storm to Hit the Northwest, Followed by Another Big Blow
  15. Why are PLU and UW Administrators Working to End KPLU? What can you do about it?
  16. The Darkest Seattle Day in December in Over Nine Years
  17. Very High Winds Around Bellingham
  18. Gun Battle Outside the KPLU Strategy Meeting
  19. Flooding Ahead
  20. The Lessons of a Forecast Failure
  21. Windstorm is Cancelled!
  22. Very Strong Winds Today, Particularly on the Coast
  23. Stormy, Wet Weather Ahead

November 2015

  1. An Extraordinary Sunset Picture and an Extraordinary Letter about KPLU
  2. Dangerous Black Ice, Fog, and Super-inversion
  3. Surface-Based Inversion Forms
  4. Snow Expands over the Northwest and Strong WInds
  5. How to Save KPLU
  6. Forget the Lowland Snow or Frigid Temperatures West of the Cascade Crest
  7. Why KPLU Must be Saved and KUOW Reformed
  8. Cold Air, Snow in the Mountains, and Strong Winds in and Downstream of Mountain Gaps But Little Lowland Snow
  9. Modified Arctic Air and Low Elevation Snow Later on Monday and Tuesday
  10. How can we be in a drought if there is flooding?
  11. The Storm
  12. Wind Update (8 AM)
  13. Strong Winds Tomorrow, But Not An Historic Windstorm
  14. Wet and windy
  15. Large Snowfall will Hit the Cascades and Olympics
  16. Flooding and Heavy Rain
  17. Profound Rainshadow, Strong Winds, and Floods
  18. Potent Atmospheric River Will Reach the Northwest Tomorrow
  19. Skiing for Thanksgiving? It Looks Very Good!
  20. Time to Replace the National Hurricane Center's Forecast Cone
  21. Snow in Our Future
  22. Refill of the Region's Water Supplies
  23. Snow Returns to the Northwest's Mountains.

October 2015

  1. Serious Weather
  2. Serious Precipitation and Flooding is Probable During the Next 72 Hours
  3. Finally! Significant Snowfall and Heavy Precipitation in Northwest Mountains
  4. Global Warming: Why are Environmentalists Failing and What Mankind Can Do About It
  5. Hurricane Patricia: Extreme, Poorly Predicted, and Soon to Flood Texas
  6. The atmospheric rain switch is about be flipped
  7. Warm October and Seattle School Board Races
  8. Best Northwest Weather Webcams
  9. Did the Pacific Northwest Pass the Global Warming Stress Test?
  10. OLYMPEX Starts Next Month!
  11. Tropical Air Brings Warmth and Torrential Rains to Western Washington
  12. Watering Season is Over and Hilltop Heat
  13. Hurricane Oho is Heading Towards the Northwest U.S.
  14. Apple Computer Could Revolutionize Weather Forecasting: Will It Take the Challenge?
  15. Puget Sound Winter Air Quality Has Greatly Improved
  16. Extraordinary Flooding Possible In South Carolina
  17. Will Hurricane Joaquin Be This Year's Superstorm Sandy?

September 2015

  1. A Perfect Autumn Week
  2. Perfect Sky Conditions Tomorrow for Supermoon Eclipse
  3. Drought in 2016 for Washington State?
  4. The Smoke Has Cleared
  5. Huge Daily Temperature Swings Hit the Region
  6. Time For Bipartisan Action on Northwest Environmental and Climate Change Issues
  7. Why does precipitation sometimes start at the coast?
  8. Regional Climate Prediction: A Crucial Technology for the 21st Century
  9. Summer is Over
  10. The Battle of the Almanacs: What Will Our Winter Bring?
  11. Seattle Times Glacier Disaster
  12. Will the Remnants of Hurricane Ignacio Reach the Northwest?
  13. The Eastern Washington Radar Gap: An Acute Need for Fireweather, Flood Forecasting, and Agriculture
  14. Godzilla El Nino Versus The BLOB: Who Will Win?

August 2015

  1. The Strongest Summer Storm In Northwest History
  2. Extraordinary August Storm
  3. The Coastal Radar Sees the Storm Center
  4. Major Autumn Storm Approaching--In Summer!
  5. Major Weather Shift Will Bring Substantial Rain And Help Bring Cascade Wildfires Under Control
  6. A Great Source for Northwest Smoke Forecasts
  7. Was the Fatal Wildfire near Twisp, Washington Predictable?
  8. Air Quality is Worse In Portland, Oregon Than In Beijing
  9. Large Smoke Cloud Heads for Puget Sound
  10. Western Washington Cools and Eastern Washington Blows
  11. Are More Wildfires the "New Normal"?
  12. Deluge
  13. Finally, Some Real Rain.
  14. Thunderstorm in Seattle
  15. California Smoke Pushes Over the Northwest
  16. Forecast Accuracy Plummets This Summer: Is the Heat Wave the Cause?
  17. How to Reduce Water Waste from Sprinklers: The Science of Spray
  18. Moisture Returns
  19. August will be a very different month
  20. Cooling Ahead and Supersmoke

July 2015

  1. A Real Surprise: FEWER Acres Than Normal Have Burned over the Northwest This Year
  2. Crazy Warm Temperatures over Southwest Oregon and Northwest California
  3. Will the Northwest Have A Water Problem This Fall?
  4. Seattle School Board Races
  5. Finally! Arid Western Washington Gets Relief
  6. Cooler, more seasonal weather for the next week
  7. Northwest is Toast, While Southern California Floods
  8. Reorganizing National Weather Service Forecast Offices
  9. Why won't a tropical storm EVER hit the Pacific Northwest?
  10. The Warm Pacific Helps Keep the Northwest Toasty
  11. Carbon Tax Initiative in Washington State
  12. Transition
  13. Cooling Smoke
  14. Smoke and low clouds
  15. Huge Plume of BC Wildfire Smoke Reaches the Northwest
  16. Fireworks, Wildfires, and Smoke
  17. Why is the Northwest so warm?
  18. The Water Super Heroes of 2015: Northwest Reservoir Managers

June 2015

  1. Heat Surge Hits Eastern Washington. The Highest WA Temperature Ever Observed?
  2. Thunderstorms Hit Washington
  3. Heat and Thunder
  4. June Without Gloom
  5. The Wildfire Risk is Rising: How Bad Will it Be?
  6. A Strong El Nino Develops: What Does This Mean for the Pacific Northwest?
  7. Chambers Bay Detailed Forecast
  8. Chambers Bay Weather Secrets
  9. Coastal Dry, Inland Wet: The Western Seesaw Precipitation Anomaly Doesn't End
  10. Strong Winds Push Into the Strait of Juan de Fuca Thursday Evening
  11. The Blob Strengthens
  12. Crazy Rain Offshore
  13. As the land warms, our coastal waters don't. Why?
  14. When forecasts disagree, who do you trust?
  15. Unusual Early Season Lightning But Few Fires
  16. Reversing William Shatner's Idea: Moving California Agriculture to the Northwest

May 2015

  1. Thunderstorms and Convection over the Mountains
  2. A coastal eddy, Eastern WA rain, and early melt-out
  3. June Gloom Starts in May
  4. Lightning Fest Starts the Memorial Day Weekend
  5. Drought Misinformation
  6. Why last winter was so unusual
  7. Weather Role Reversal
  8. Seattle's Erratic Support of Bicycle Commuting
  9. Eastern Washington Gets Some Drought Relief
  10. Drought Help
  11. Pacific Jet Stream Terror Weapon: Fu-Go Fire Balloons
  12. Summer 2015: The Northwest's Global Warming Stress Test
  13. FINALLY! Some cold, unstable air over the Northwest
  14. Seattle's Lightning Detection Network Illustrates Volcano Lightning and Much More
  15. Oyster victory: But there is more left to do

April 2015

  1. Oysters and Pesticides: The Washington State Department of Ecology Stumbles
  2. Is a Strong El Nino FINALLY coming?
  3. Exploding Trees and Lightning
  4. Wetter weather ahead for Friday and Saturday
  5. The U.S. Air Force Turns to a Foreign Weather Forecasting System
  6. Siberian Smoke Reaches the Northwest
  7. The Meteorology of the Solar Power Revolution
  8. Northwest Snow Gods Are Kind and Cruel
  9. Media Miscommunication about the Blob
  10. The Atmospheric Spigot Turns on For the Pacific Northwest
  11. Human Alteration of Climate: What the Media Rarely Talks About
  12. Westerly Surge Down the Strait of Juan de Fuca
  13. Governor Jerry Brown Gets Nature's Cooperation
  14. A Strong Front Approaches
  15. Snow Trains Bring Water to the West
  16. Seattle Turns White From Thunderhail

March 2015

  1. Will This Summer Be Warmer Than Normal?
  2. Watering In March
  3. The Most Unusual Weather This Winter. Normal Weather.
  4. Why has the weather been so unusual the past two winters?
  5. First Day of Spring: A Very Warm Winter Ends
  6. The most asked weather question, answered.
  7. Deluge and Divine Intervention
  8. When a forecast goes wrong
  9. Hot Cascade Foothills
  10. One Day Heat Wave on Friday
  11. Rain Returns
  12. Star Trek Weather Technology Versus Today's
  13. Will Seattle Have Enough Water This Summer?
  14. The Ridge Will Shift and the Northwest Will Warm
  15. Lions, Lambs and March Weather

February 2015

  1. Strong Winds, Coal Dust, and the Proposed Gateway Pacific Coal Terminal
  2. The Winter Without SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
  3. The Ridge Begins to Shift
  4. Whatever Happened to El Nino?
  5. The Winter of 2070
  6. The Origin of this Winter's Weather Anomalies: Is There A Global Warming Connection?
  7. Revenge of the Ridges
  8. What was the mysterious dust raining down in eastern Washington?
  9. Why is the Northwest Warm and California Dry? Part 1.
  10. Is Winter Over?
  11. Atmospheric River Update
  12. Triple Atmospheric River Event to Hit the West Coast
  13. The West Coast Atmospheric Faucet Turns On: Will it Save California?
  14. Supersize Superbowl Storm and the Most Amazing Fog Picture I Have Ever Seen

January 2015

  1. January's Disappearing Snowpack
  2. Forecast Lessons from the Northeast Snowstorm
  3. Record Warmth and River Fog
  4. Summer in January
  5. Sea Fog and Lowered "King Tides"
  6. What Should Governor Inslee Do About Climate Change?
  7. A Moderate Blow
  8. Will Weather Help the Seahawks?
  9. Will Snow Return to the Pacific Northwest?
  10. It's Raining, But the Radar is Clear. Why?
  11. The Most Boring Weather Day in Seattle History? Did it Influence the Playoff?
  12. Stink Fog Returns and Hits New Victims
  13. Stink Fog Hits Seattle
  14. A Major Advance for Numerical Weather Prediction in the U.S.
  15. Serious Rain and Profound Rain Shadowing
  16. Heavy Rain in Our Mountains: The Revenge of Lono
  17. High Pressure Means Low Sea Level

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December 2014

  1. Highest Pressures in Northwest History
  2. A Dramatic Double Convergence Zone
  3. Is Numerical Weather Prediction One of Mankind's Greatest Achievements?
  4. Goodbye Hawaii, Hello Ridge
  5. Desperate Ski Resorts Taking Matters into Their Own Hands
  6. Seattle in the Rain Shadow
  7. Northwest Warmth Continues
  8. How the Grinch Stole Northwest's Christmas Snow
  9. The Oregon Coastal Radar Gap
  10. Storm Nowcast
  11. Big Wind Tonight
  12. Northwesteners Take Major Storm in Stride while San Francisco Panics
  13. Too much weather?
  14. Is a Major Windstorm Headed for the Northwest?
  15. When is normal not normal? And the coming heavy rains.
  16. Does the Northwest have the most unpredictable weather in the nation?
  17. Beware of Bridges
  18. Northwest Cold Wave is California's Salvation

November 2014

  1. Arctic Blast Hits Washington State
  2. Northwest Residents Travel from Hawaii to the Arctic Without Going to the Airport
  3. Lowland Snow Threat on Friday Afternoon and Saturday
  4. Heavy Precipitation, Flooding, and a Cascade Meltdown
  5. When sun in Seattle is good sign for snow in the Cascades
  6. Normal Weather Returns
  7. Worst Air Quality in the Nation: Blame the Inversion
  8. Skiing this Thanksgiving. Is there any hope?
  9. The Other Radar Gap: The Eastern Slopes of the Cascades
  10. Cold, Dry Air Sweeps Through Region with Strong Easterly Winds....and Then There is the Matter of Snow
  11. Localized Strong Winds, Cold Air, and Possible Snow Near Portland: What is not to like?
  12. A conversation inside the White House
  13. Will our mountains protect the Northwest from frigid air this week?
  14. Very Strong Front Followed by Strong Winds
  15. Super Rainshadow
  16. Wet, Warm, and Windy
  17. Halloween Tragedy: The Blob Meets a Ghastly Demise

October 2014

  1. The U.S. is Falling Further Behind in Numerical Weather Prediction: Does the Obama Administration Care?
  2. The Remnants of Hurricane Ana Hit the Northwest!
  3. Windstorm Update: Going to be Worse than Expected
  4. Strong Winds on Saturday Night
  5. Longview Tornado Ravages Dumpster
  6. Heavy Rainfall, Eclipse Weather, and Possible Saturday Windstorm
  7. Heavy Rain Coming and Windstorm Threat
  8. The Extraordinary Minimum Temperature Heat Wave in the Northwest
  9. The Western Puget Sound Rain Shadow
  10. Waterspout Hits Southern Puget Sound: First Tornado Warning Here in 17 Years
  11. Wimpy El Nino
  12. Seattle's Bicycle Superhighway Disintegrates: Why Doesn't the City Care?
  13. The Fall Transition
  14. Will extreme precipitation intensify in the Northwest under global warming?
  15. Dirty Ridge This Weekend
  16. Minimum Temperature Heat Wave

September 2014

  1. Why is the Northwest U.S. warming? Natural variations or mankind's greenhouse gases?
  2. Summer is NOT OVER
  3. Long-lived atmospheric river hits the Northwest
  4. The weather turns....
  5. Time Travel for Northwest Weather
  6. The iPhone 6 has a barometer!
  7. Smoke Front Hits Washington State
  8. Huge daily temperature range hits the Northwest
  9. A Very Warm Autumn and Winter Ahead?
  10. Did "THE BLOB" cause our warm summer?
  11. EPA Takes on the Oyster/Acidification Scaremongers
  12. Warm and Dry in Seattle, Cooler and Wet in San Diego
  13. Super Convergence Zone Produces Blackouts and Flooding in Puget Sound Country
  14. A Summer for the Record Books

August 2014

  1. Major Precipitation Contrast and Holiday Forecast
  2. The Sign of Fall
  3. The Hazy Pacific Northwest
  4. Yakima and and Central/Southern WA Cascades Gets Hit by Thunderstorms
  5. Thunderstorms and Flooding in Northeast Washington
  6. Will this be the warmest summer in Northwest history?
  7. Why Is Washington State Experiencing More Wildfires than Southern/Central California?
  8. When More Rain Falls on the "Wrong" Side of the Mountains
  9. No Drought in Western Washington this Summer
  10. Serious Rain
  11. Extraordinary Heat Hits Western Washington, Followed by Thunderstorms!
  12. Heat Wave, Thunderstorms, and the Cool Down
  13. Why are Hurricanes Rare in Hawaii?
  14. The Smoky Northwest
  15. An Amazing 360 Degree Sunset
  16. Thunderfest Over Western Washington
  17. Greatly Increased Threat of Lightning and More Wildfires

July 2014

  1. Will the Pacific Northwest be a Climate Refuge Under Global Warming?
  2. No Precipitation over the Next 8 days
  3. Showers of Toads
  4. Yesterday's Impressive Rainfall Totals
  5. Amazingly Wet July Day on Wednesday
  6. Melt-Out Day in Paradise
  7. Gusting Winds Result In Explosive Fire Growth
  8. Picture of the Day
  9. Pyrocumulus
  10. Was the Best Sunset in Years the Result of Wildfire Smoke?
  11. Missing a Lightning Bullet
  12. Thunderstorms Coming!
  13. Why western Washington will not face extreme heat this week. Plus major thunderstorm risk.
  14. Fire Weather
  15. Sticky Air
  16. The Northwest Summer Drought Begins
  17. Emergency Forecast Update: Rain hitting NW Washington
  18. July 4th: One of the Worst Air Quality Days of the Year.
  19. July 1 Heat Wave
  20. One Day Heat Wave

June 2014

  1. When Puget Sound Convergence Zones Don't Stop in Puget Sound
  2. Clouds Tell You a Story
  3. Almost No Night in the Northwest
  4. Why do temperatures cool BEFORE summer fronts and AFTER winter fronts?
  5. KUOW: A Major Public Radio Station Stumbles
  6. Snow in Paradise
  7. Cool, Moist Weather and Happy Seeds
  8. Olympic Wake Clouds
  9. Some Seattle School District Administrators Are Attempting to Undermine The Seattle School Board's Decision on Math
  10. June Gloom: Why does it occur and where is it this year?
  11. The D-Day Weather Forecast: The Battle for Weather Data
  12. Math Victory in Seattle!
  13. The Future of Seattle Elementary Math Education Will Be Decided on Wednesday

May 2014

  1. The Official Summer Forecasts are Out: Can You Believe Them?
  2. Why Thunderstorms in the Desert?
  3. Memorial Day Nowcast and an Amazing Record
  4. Updated Memorial Day Weekend Forecast and Paradise Snow
  5. Memorial Day Weekend Forecast
  6. Was there a mini-hurricane off the Northwest coast on Sunday?
  7. Is Mediocre Math Good Enough for Seattle Public Schools?
  8. Does Seattle Have a Weekend Weather Curse?
  9. An Oddity of This Winter's Precipitation over the Western U.S.
  10. Eastern Washington Fields are Blowing Away
  11. Mother's Day and Mammatus Clouds
  12. Northwest Climate Change: Did the 2014 National Climate Assessment Get the Story Right?
  13. Back to the Future to Mitigate Global Warming: Are Firms like Postmates Part of the Answer?
  14. How can you tell visually whether rain is falling out of a cloud?
  15. May Inundation
  16. Why is the coast sometimes the warmest place in the Northwest?

April 2014

  1. The U.S. Slips to Fourth Place in Global Weather Prediction, While a New Weather Service Supercomputer Has Not Been Ordered
  2. How can we be SURE about the upcoming Northwest heat wave?
  3. April Heat Wave!
  4. Are Pacific Northwest Waters Too Risky for Oil And Coal Ships?
  5. Why are there double rainbows?
  6. Is Asian Pollution Intensifying Pacific Storms? Separating the Hype from Reality.
  7. Crater Lake Contrail Fest
  8. Strange Lines: What are They?
  9. Lunar Eclipse Weather
  10. The Great Sea-Tac Temperature Mystery: Is it Solved?
  11. The Weather Forecasting Improvement Acts Passes the House: What are the Implications?
  12. Math Books for Seattle: Will the District Make a Wise Choice?
  13. Is a Super El Nino Coming Next Winter?
  14. How to Encourage Young Meteorologists?
  15. Will April Be As Wet As March?

March 2014

  1. The Wettest March in Seattle History and Stillaguamish Precipitation
  2. The Landslide State
  3. Google Could Greatly Improve Weather Forecasts: Will It Take the Necessary Steps?
  4. The Meteorological Background for the Stillaguamish Landslide
  5. College Textbook Prices: Out of Control
  6. When Is the Air Coldest Aloft? The Answer Might Surprise You!
  7. The Rapid Refresh Revolution
  8. Moses Versus Joseph: A Biblical Lesson in Communication about Climate Change
  9. Snow Sponge
  10. The Weather of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
  11. Strong Atmospheric River Brings Unusual March Rain
  12. Spring Warmth of the Columbia Basin
  13. November in March
  14. Are Coal Trains Degrading the Air We Breathe? The Answer is Yes.
  15. Double Protection from the Cold Continental Interior

February 2014

  1. The West Coast Drought Lessens But Remains Serious in California
  2. Where is the National Weather Service's New Supercomputer?
  3. Bellingham and Environs are Buried in Snow!
  4. Forget the Snow in Seattle
  5. Lowland Snow Update/Nowcast: Saturday Morning
  6. Lowland Snow over Washington this Weekend?
  7. The Terrifying Turbulent Flight of United 1676: Why did it happen?
  8. Massive Snowfall Hits the Washington Cascades
  9. Replenishment: Heavy Precipitation over Northwest Mountains Ensures Summer Water
  10. Why does the Seattle Times and other media misinform the public about climate change?
  11. Atmospheric Rivers Strike the Pacific Northwest
  12. When Forecasts Go Wrong.
  13. Nowcast: Light Snow Reaches Seattle
  14. Poor Snow Forecasts. Why?
  15. Oregon Snow
  16. Snow Flurries, Real Snow, Then a Meltdown
  17. Seahawks, Groundhogs, and Cold
  18. Cold Weather and a CHANCE of Light Snow on Sunday Night

January 2014

  1. Super Bowl Weather: Super Boring
  2. 2013 Versus 2014: The View from Space
  3. Oregon's Fire Season Starts in January and 122 MPH in the Columbia Gorge!
  4. Weather Insights for SuperBowl 2014
  5. Winds Hit 115 mph in the Columbia Gorge
  6. Cloud Bowl of Eastern Washington
  7. Extreme Drought in California
  8. Spring Warmth Arrives in the Northwest
  9. The Polar Vortex: Myth and Reality
  10. Powerful Winds, Heavy Rain, and Snow: The Perfect Northwest Weekend
  11. Serious Snow Returns to the Washington Cascades
  12. Does the Cold Wave Imply Anything About Global Warming? The Answer is Clearly No.
  13. Air Quality Suffers with Northwest High Pressure and Skier's Hope
  14. Seattle Public Schools Faces A Critical Decision on a New K-5 Math Curriculum

2013 203

December 2013

  1. Meteorological Snake Oil Salesman: Ultra-Long Daily Forecasts
  2. Breaking Waves In the Atmosphere: The Mystery
  3. Snow Makes It Cold
  4. When Will the Western Snow Drought End?
  5. The Fracking/Ozone Mystery
  6. Protecting Drivers from Icy Roads: We Have Come a Long Way
  7. Snowing over the Region
  8. Friday Snow: Do the Models Have It Right?
  9. Friday Snow: Understanding the Uncertainties
  10. Friday Morning Snow Increasingly Likely
  11. Cold Air and Snow Returns to the Northwest
  12. Are Storms Getting More Intense Over the Pacific Northwest?
  13. Giant Towers over the Olympic Mountains
  14. An Unusually Dry Fall
  15. Snow for the Morning Commute?
  16. Homeward Commute Weather: No Problem.
  17. Snow and Freezing Rain Tomorrow?
  18. Which has Worse Air? A Hazy Airport Smoking Lounge or a Major Chinese City?
  19. Snow Hits Southwest Washington and Oregon and a Reverse Convergence Zone
  20. Cold Facts and Coastal/Oregon Snow
  21. Nowcast: No Snow Problems for Evening Commute or Seahawks Game
  22. Sunday Update: Amazing Rain Shadow and Snow Outlook

November 2013

  1. Heavy Rain, Flooding, Mountain Snow, Cold, and Wind: Mother Nature's Revenge on the Northwest
  2. Thanksgiving Saved But Arctic Air Looms
  3. Are an Arctic Blast and Snow Coming to the Northwest?
  4. The Chanukah-Thanksgiving Weather Miracle
  5. Strong Winds in the Gorge and Cascade Gaps
  6. Los Angeles Rain Wimps
  7. A Hard Freeze and Modified Arctic Air Hits the Northwest
  8. Coastal Ocean Acidification: Answering the Seattle TImes
  9. Super Olympic Rain Shadow
  10. Heavy Snow in the Mountains and Arctic Air Teases the Northwest
  11. Deploy Resources on Forecast, NOT on Disaster
  12. Are the forecasts too pessimistic for Veterans Day?
  13. Why is Northwest weather worst in November?
  14. Amazing Satellite Picture of Approaching Storm
  15. More Winds!
  16. Freezing Fog Hits the Northwest Lowlands
  17. Major Windstorm
  18. Saturday's Storm
  19. Major Blow On Saturday

October 2013

  1. Will the Ultra Wealthy and Disinformation Triumph in Seattle's School Board Race?
  2. The Forecasting and Climate Lessons of Superstorm Sandy
  3. Very Dry Air and Hurricane-Force Winds Strike the Northwest
  4. How unusual has been this month's fog event?
  5. Fog BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
  6. Summer and winter at the same time
  7. The Inversion Tightens Its Grip
  8. Fogmageddon
  9. What happens when the weather radar sees the sun?
  10. Why Do Low Clouds Burn Off on Some Days and Not Others?
  11. Superior Mirage Watch
  12. Big Ridge and Extraordinary Fall Weather Ahead
  13. Ocean Acidification and Northwest Shellfish: Did the Seattle Times Get the Story Right?
  14. Contrail Shadow
  15. Contrail Heaven and Fall Warmth
  16. First Frost Hits Some Washington Locations
  17. Should You Buy A Season Ski Pass?
  18. Budget Cutbacks and Buoys

September 2013

  1. Brief Post Mortem
  2. And now the winds...
  3. September Storm: Nowcast Sunday 10AM
  4. Weekend's Big Weather Event
  5. Heavy Precipitation Update
  6. Unusual Early Season Heavy Rainfall Event Heading for the Pacific Northwest
  7. A Corrugated Cold Front
  8. Wealthy Folks Try to Take Over the Seattle School Board, Again.
  9. First Day of Fall, First Big Storm
  10. Haboob Hits Eastern Washington
  11. Thunderstorms are Back
  12. Super-Inversion and the Return of Thunderstorms
  13. Low Cloud Forecast Failure
  14. Temperature Surge and Thermal Trough
  15. The Banana Belt Ripens
  16. Mega Bird Migration
  17. Impressive Rain Totals
  18. 10 PM Update
  19. 4 PM NOWCAST for the Heavy Precipitation Event
  20. 11 AM Heavy Rain NOWCAST
  21. Unusual Heavy Rain Event to Hit the Northwest
  22. Critical Aircraft Weather Data Unused By NOAA
  23. The Meteorology of Husky Stadium
  24. A Great Irony: The Pacific Northwest is Unprepared for Intense Rain

August 2013

  1. Minimum Temperature Heat Wave Hits the Northwest!
  2. Yosemite Smoke Affects the Northwest and the Rest of the U.S.
  3. Summer is NOT over yet!
  4. Coastal Complaints
  5. Extreme Temperatures in Oregon: The Seneca Oddity
  6. Chemtrails versus Contrails: Do Conspiracy Theories Make Sense?
  7. Super Sticky
  8. The First Autumn Weather Arrives in the Northwest
  9. Heavy Thunderstorm Rain Closes State Route 20
  10. Thunderfest
  11. The Smell of Rain
  12. "Stange" Clouds Sighted Over Western Washington
  13. Sea Breeze Effects on Clouds
  14. Wildfires, Smoke, and Air Quality
  15. The Best July Weather in Generations for the Northwest?

July 2013

  1. The Serious Fire Season Has Begun in the Northwest: Meteorological Threats Ahead
  2. The Coolest Place in the Pacific Northwest
  3. Secret Revealed: The Northwest Has the Best Summer in the Nation. But Why?
  4. Are Nighttime Heat Waves Increasing in the Northwest?
  5. Stratus Secrets
  6. Nighttime Heat Wave Hits Victoria, Paradise Melt-Out, and a Very Dry July
  7. The Unusual May Happen: Summer Showers and Thunderstorms Later Today
  8. A Revised Weather Improvement Act That Would Radically Improve U.S. Weather Prediction
  9. Why so few big thunderstorms in the Northwest?
  10. Forecast for the Upcoming Winter
  11. Boring Weather Reveals Hidden Weather Signals
  12. Climate Versus Weather Prediction: Do We Need to Rebalance?
  13. Fireworks Smoke: Air Quality Alert
  14. The Yarnell Hill Fire: The Meteorological Origins
  15. Concrete-Cracking Heat Wave: How Unusual Was It?

June 2013

  1. Eastern Washington Gets Hit Hard By Strong Thunderstorms
  2. How Bad Will The Heat Wave Be?
  3. Major Warm Up Ahead
  4. Cosmic Errors
  5. The Upcoming Northern Californa Summer Deluge
  6. Heavy Precipitation from the Wrong Direction
  7. Super Shear
  8. Summer Thunderstorms
  9. Halos and contrails: Is there a connection?
  10. Can You Get More than 100% Solar Energy? The Answer is Yes!
  11. Rainier's Shadow
  12. Using Unmanned Aircraft for Severe Thunderstorm Prediction and Warning
  13. Coal Train Update
  14. Evaporation Versus Precipitation: Which Wins in the Northwest?
  15. Failing Math Curriculum in Seattle Public Schools
  16. Run or shelter? What to do if a tornado threatens?
  17. Head to the water for sun

May 2013

  1. The Future of National Weather Service Forecast Offices
  2. Collapsing Bridges: A Washington State Tradition!
  3. Memorial Day Forecast Gone Wrong?
  4. Memorial Weekend Forecast
  5. The Lessons of the Moore Oklahoma Tornado
  6. Weather Impacts of the Mount Saint Helens Eruption
  7. Biking Dry
  8. A New Chapter for U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction
  9. Mid-May Blow
  10. Mother's Day Special Forecast
  11. University Research Reveals the Secrets of Cold Drinks
  12. Hot Roads and Hot Records
  13. Rising Rivers
  14. Sundog!
  15. Northwest Springtime Heat Wave

April 2013

  1. The "Pause" in Global Warming: What Does it Mean?
  2. The Coldest Major League Baseball Game in History?
  3. The Banana Belt of Brookings, Oregon
  4. Wind, Wildflowers and Warmth
  5. Summer in April
  6. A Bubbling Atmosphere
  7. A Damaging and Deadly Convergence Zone
  8. Why all the landslides this winter in western Washington?
  9. Northwest Water Supply Outlook for the Summer and Fall: Looking Good
  10. Strong Winds Buffet California
  11. Severe Thunderstorm and Funnel Cloud in Walla Walla
  12. Video Game Technology and Weather Forecasts: A Marriage Made in Heaven?
  13. The Wettest Place in the U.S.

March 2013

  1. A Very Different March
  2. COSMIC: Filling the Weather Satellite Gap
  3. Can a weather satellite read your license plate?
  4. Why don't we get rain and wind at the same time?
  5. How Low Can It Snow?
  6. Strong Spring Storm
  7. Ode to Northwest Rain Shadows
  8. Climate Tribes
  9. Poseidon's Shadow
  10. The Heavy Rains of Poseidon
  11. The Birds are Back!
  12. The D.C. Snowstorm Forecast Failure
  13. Wine, Weather, and Smoke
  14. Testing Teachers
  15. The Unusual: A Strong Warm Front

February 2013

  1. Eastern Washington Drought?
  2. Second-Rate U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction: Why You Should Care
  3. Radar, Wind, and Snow
  4. Weather Returns to the Northwest
  5. Misunderstood Probablility
  6. The Most Boring Winter in Seattle History
  7. Island Clouds
  8. The U.S. Weather Prediction Computer Gap
  9. High Pressure Uncertainty
  10. The Block
  11. The Deceptive Weather Radar
  12. Smartphone Pressure Observations Take Off

January 2013

  1. A Strange Warm Rain
  2. Fixing the National Weather Service's Computer Gap
  3. Status and Outlook for Northwest Snow
  4. Superstorm in the Atlantic
  5. The Secret of Snoqualmie Pass
  6. Summer and Winter at the Same Time
  7. Amazing Contrasts in Maximum Temperatures
  8. Relief Aloft
  9. Super Inversion and Bad Air
  10. Strange lines over the northeast Pacific
  11. The Inevitability of Global Warming and the Need for Resilience
  12. A Dangerous Night
  13. Sunglasses and Caution
  14. Convergence Zone Snow and Colder Weather Ahead
  15. The Winter Murk of Eastern Washington
  16. Gulf of Alaska Storms Versus Shell Oil Drilling Platform
  17. The Coldest Day of the Year
  18. Darkness and Now Redemption

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