The Curious Engineer

Cliff Mass Weather Blog

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October 2026

  1. El Nino's Nemesis, The PDO, Helps Protect the Northwest Coast This Year
  2. Colder and Snowier than Normal in the Northwest: This is NOT the El Nino Pattern
  3. The Stratosphere Plummets over Seattle....and Huge Precipitation Contrasts
  4. Godzilla-Low Pressure, Heavy Rain, and Drifting Snow Ahead for the Pacific Northwest
  5. How Unusual Has Been the Temperature and Precipitation this Fall?
  6. Important Milestone: The Current El Nino Has Hit Its Peak Early
  7. El Nino, Sea Level, and Kelvin Waves
  8. Super Inversion
  9. The Meteorological Cliff Ahead
  10. First Frost of the Season is Revealing
  11. The Puget Sound Convergence Zone Delivers and Well-Timed Precipitation and Smart Water Management Keep Yakima Crops Yields High
  12. Seattle Times Story on Skagit Flooding and Global Warming is Clearly Wrong
  13. Lowland Fog Season
  14. This Year is 2050 in the Pacific Northwest
  15. The Most Impressive Rain Shadow in the Nation!

September 2026

  1. A Significant Atmospheric River Hits the Pacific Northwest
  2. How Unusual Was this Summer's Weather?
  3. Tens of Thousands Have Lost Power as a Strong Cyclone Makes Landfall
  4. Pacific Windstorm Will Hit The Pacific Northwest Late Thursday and Friday
  5. Peak Bird Migration Reveals Gaps In Northwest Weather Radar
  6. Renewable Energy and the Period of Lowest Electricity Demand of the Year
  7. Washington State Agricuture is Doing Well in 2026
  8. The Northwest Wildfire Season Was Dominated by Grass and Range Fires. That Has Implications.
  9. A "Perfect" Storm Hits the Northwest
  10. The Effects of "Super" El Ninos Are Surprisingly Different Than Some Suggest
  11. More Good News Regarding Northwest Wildfires
  12. Seattle and Weather Disasters. We Can Do Better Than Los Angeles and New Orleans!
  13. Western Washington and Oregon Wildfires are Most Frequent This Time of the Year: Should We Worry?
  14. Tropical Storms Invade Hawaiian Waters: The Role of El Nino
  15. The Fall Transition Has Begun

August 2026

  1. With Cool/Wet Weather Ahead, The Wildfire Threat Will Rapidly Decline over the Pacific Northwest
  2. "Super" El Nino Misinformaton
  3. The Great Cooling Has Started
  4. Do I Believe in Global Warming?
  5. The Autumn Weather Transition is Occurring
  6. Climate Change and the Little Giant Fire: The Real Facts
  7. Extraordinary Rain and Wind in Hawaii: Did El Nino Help?
  8. Was Low Snowpack a Significant Contributor to Recent Northwest Wildfires? The Answer is Clearly No
  9. No Major Heatwaves in Our Future
  10. California Wildfire Acreage is Well Below Normal With Little Upward Trend: Why is the Media/Climate Activists Not Telling This Story?
  11. An Extreme Lightning Event Started the Recent Northwest Wlidfires: Did Global Warming Play a Role?
  12. The Smoke Situation is Rapidly Improving West of the Cascade Crest: But the Wind Threat to the East Remains
  13. Smoke in the West Means Relief in the East. The Big Threat Comes Later this Week
  14. Smoke and Fire During A Cold Wave
  15. Strong Winds Cause Major Expansion of Eastern Washington Wildfires

July 2026

  1. Precipitation During the Driest Time of the Year: But a Threat Exists
  2. Has Eastern Washington Gotten Drier or Warmer?
  3. Are the Recent Northwest Wildfires a Sign of Global Warming? The Science Says No
  4. The Meteorology of the Kenmore Air Crash near Sucia Island
  5. The Weather Pattern is Stuck: Temperate, Mild Weather Ahead
  6. Thunderstorms Possible This Evening in Western Washington
  7. Tropical Storm Moisture Will Bring Precipitation to the Northwest During the Driest Time of the Year
  8. Warming Temperatures.....But Western Washington And Oregon Will Miss Low-Level Smoke
  9. Grass and Range Fires East of the Cascades
  10. Massive Lightning Outbreak Hits The Northwest
  11. Thunderstorms and Rain Coming to the Northwest
  12. Wildfire Smoke Fills the Skies Above The Northwest
  13. The Best Weather In the U.S.
  14. The North American Monsoon is About to Start: Part of the Northwest Will Get A Piece of It!
  15. Cooler Than Normal Water Off the Northwest Coast
  16. Wind and Fireworks Brings A Fast-Growing Wildfire Near Lake Chelan
  17. How Much Has Global Warming Changed July 4th Temperatures Over Washington State?
  18. A Perfect July 4th Weekend in the Pacific Northwest

June 2026

  1. Wind and Wildfire
  2. A Cool/Wet Start of Summer
  3. Thunderstorms and a Winter-Like System Approaches the Pacific Northwest
  4. The "Super" El Nino Will Weaken Super Fast
  5. Short Warm Period Followed by Cool Wet Weather
  6. The Current Status of the Most Important Water Source in the Northwest: The Columbia River
  7. Grass Fires in Eastern Washington: Strong Winds and Human Ignition
  8. Not All Daily Temperature Records Are the Same
  9. Meteor Clouds
  10. Short Heatwave Followed by Normal Temperatures and Precipitation
  11. Meteorological Roller Coaster
  12. Northwest Mountain Snow in June: A Cold/Wet Period for the Northwest
  13. Wet, Cool Winter-Like Weather in June
  14. Dramatic Mirage Over Puget Sound and a Super Sea Breeze

May 2026

  1. The Real Story of the D-Day Weather Forecast
  2. Severe Thunderstorms with Strong Winds, Massive Lightning, Heavy Rain, and Hail Hit Eastern Washington
  3. Severe Thunderstorm Threat On Thursday
  4. Substantial Precipitation Has Returned to the Pacific Northwest: What Has Changed?
  5. The Heaviest Precipitation of the Year Ahead in Some Locations?
  6. A Wet Memorial Day
  7. Why the Washington Drought Emergency Should Be Dropped Immediately
  8. Funnel Cloud in the Lowlands and Substantial Snow in the Mountains
  9. Snow in the Mountains and Wet
  10. "Perfect Storm" Rainfall Comes to the Northwest
  11. Substantial Precipitation Will Soon Return to the Pacific Northwest
  12. Major Forecast Failure
  13. June Gloom Comes Early
  14. Not All Temperature Records Are Equal
  15. There Is No Drought Emergency in Washington State
  16. Warm But Not Hot

April 2026

  1. Contrail Fest over Eastern Washington
  2. A Strong Morning Inversion Undermines Air Quality and Messes Up the Coastal Radar
  3. Fog In the Wrong Season
  4. California and Oregon Are Getting Our Rain: But That is OK
  5. Will 2026 Be An Above-Normal Wildfire Year in Washington State?
  6. The Origin of the Puget Sound Tornado
  7. Intense Cold Front Brings Heavy Snow and Substantial Precipitation to the Mountains
  8. A Very Strong Cold Front Will Cross the Northwest on Tuesday
  9. When a "Drought" NOT a Drought?
  10. Is a Super El Nino Coming?
  11. Wet, Cool Weather Ahead for Much of the West Coast
  12. Major Global Cooling of the Past Two Years and the Big U.S. Heatwave Last Month. Climate Change?
  13. FINALLY, Some Warm Weather
  14. Seattle Times Provides Deceptive and False Information on Washington State Drought

March 2026

  1. A Very Wet March
  2. Does Low Snowpack Increase the Chances of Washington State Wildfires?
  3. Our Reservoirs are Now Full, Months Ahead of Time
  4. How Unusual Has This Winter Been?
  5. The Revenge of Kona Hits BOTH Hawaii and Washington State
  6. How Far into the Future Do Weather Prediction Models Have Skill?
  7. The Northwest's Kona Connection
  8. Snowy Washington State
  9. Lowland Snow over Western Washington Tonight? American versus European Models
  10. Winter is NOT Over: Strong Winds, Heavy Rain, and Substantial Mountain Snow Ahead
  11. An Unusually Strong Cold Cold Front Is Moving Through The Northwest
  12. Could it be True? Lowland Snow in March?
  13. The Most Valuable Precipitation of the Year
  14. A "Dirty Ridge" is Coming to the Northwest

February 2026

  1. With Rapidly Strengthening Sunshine: High Temperatures are Possible in March
  2. Rainshadow on the Wrong Side of the Olympics
  3. La Nina is Collapsing: Implications for Late Winter and Spring
  4. The Great American Weather Tragedy: Excellent Forecasts But Poor Societal Response
  5. California and Oregon Have Been Getting More Precipitation Than Washington: Should We Care?
  6. Modified Arctic Air Reaches the Northwest, Colder Air Is Yet to Come
  7. Light Lowland Snow Coming to Western Washington and Oregon
  8. Cold, Wet, and Snowy Period Ahead
  9. Was January's Low Snowfall the Result of Global Warming? The Facts are Clear
  10. Precipitation and Cooler Temperatures Return to the West Coast
  11. Misinformation in the Seattle TImes About Drought, Snowpack, and Climate Change
  12. Super Inversion But Decent Air Quality
  13. The End of Northwest Cold for The Winter and A Short Heat Wave
  14. High Pressure Danger: Fog and Roadway Collisions

January 2026

  1. Mid-Winter Precipitation Review
  2. An Extraordinary Inversion, Twinkling Lights, and the Return of Rain
  3. Cold Temperatures Hit Western Washington
  4. Tales of Two Slopes: Hot and Cold
  5. The Driest Winter Period in Northwest History?
  6. Global Warming is Only A Modest Problem
  7. Fog and Freezing Fog in the Inland Empire: Intense Inversion Aloft
  8. Super Dew
  9. One Day "Heat Wave" Followed by a Week of Dry Weather
  10. Super Ridge of High Pressure Will Bring Dry Conditions and Warmth
  11. La Nina and Snow Expectations for this Winter
  12. Massive Mountain Snow and Flakes Down to Sea Level
  13. A Very Moist California
  14. Was 2025 An Usual Weather Year in the Pacific Northwest?
  15. Glorious Fog, Unfortunate Inversion

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December 2025

  1. The Windstorm That Never Came: A Failure of Communication
  2. North Puget Sound Lowland Snow from the Other Type of Convergence Zone
  3. Drought Deception
  4. A Christmas Eve Windstorm?
  5. How Unusual Were the Recent Floods? Did Global Warming Play a Significant Role?
  6. The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Must be Saved
  7. A Guaranteed White Christmas (In the Mountains)
  8. Drought Exaggeration
  9. The Incoming System
  10. The Other Weather Disaster Last Week: A Downslope Windstorm
  11. The Atmospheric River Event is Ending--- And ANOTHER One is Predicted
  12. The Second Atmospheric River Will Bring Far More Severe Impacts
  13. The Torrent Has Begun: The Philippine Connection
  14. A Monster Moisture Plume is About to Hit the Pacific Northwest
  15. Flooding Ahead
  16. Major Flooding Coming to Western Washington
  17. Massive La Nina Precipitation Coming to the Northwest
  18. Hard Freeze This Morning

November 2025

  1. La Nina Strengthens: What are the Implications for this Winter?
  2. Snow in the Passes and Eastern Slopes of the Cascades
  3. The Problem With Wind Energy in the Northwest
  4. Wet California
  5. Drought Misinformation
  6. A Remarkable Mini Atmospheric River Hits Western Washington
  7. A Near "Bomb" Cyclone Approaches the West Coast
  8. Potential for a Major Aurora Tonight
  9. Super Inversion and Record Heat
  10. Deaths from Extreme Weather are Rapidly Declining
  11. The Thunderbird Returns to the Northwest: Substantial Precipitation Ahead
  12. Washington is the UFO Capital of the U.S. Is it Our Weather?
  13. Wind Uncertainty

October 2025

  1. Three Atmospheric Rivers During the Next Week
  2. Lots of Snow in the Mountains....and the Seattle Times Gets it Wrong Again
  3. The Storm Has Arrived
  4. Potential for Power Outages Saturday Night/Sunday Morning
  5. Multiple Atmospheric Rivers and Substantial Precipitation
  6. A Double Convergence Zone and the Upcoming Election in Seattle
  7. The BLOB is Dying
  8. What a Change A Week Makes
  9. The Snow Season Begins
  10. The Greatest Bird Migration on Record! Weather Played a Major Role.
  11. Serious Snow Coming to Regional Mountains
  12. The Last 70 Degree Day of the Year?
  13. Changes in Ocean Temperatures
  14. Is Washington State Really Getting Drier?
  15. Extreme Precipitation Contrasts

September 2025

  1. A Strong Cyclone is Developing Off the Northwest Coast
  2. A Below-Normal Wildfire Year
  3. The Most Dangerous Day for Washington Wildfires for the Remainder of the Year
  4. Valley Smoke Plumes
  5. How Unusual Was This Summer?
  6. Prelude to Autumn: A Serious Front will Arrive Tomorrow Night
  7. Why did the Beach Gulch Fire Explode Yesterday?
  8. Flash Heatwave and Wildfire Threat over Western Washington
  9. A Fall Front Approaches
  10. Free Speech Rankings are Out: A Sad Day for All Huskies
  11. Heavy Rain, Flooding, and Debris Flows at Mount Rainier Park
  12. Details of the Extreme, Local Smokestorm
  13. Smokestorm Hits North Seattle
  14. Smoky End of Summer
  15. Warm West and Cold East

August 2025

  1. Forecast Failure
  2. From Highs to Lows
  3. Hot/Dry Summer and Minimal Wildfire over Washington State. WHY?
  4. 3D Northwest Heat
  5. The Patterns of Warmth
  6. Record Water Vapor Values Hit the Northwest
  7. What Season is This?
  8. Extraordinary Dual Wildfire Smoke Plumes
  9. Rapid Cooling, Heavy Rain, And Near Record River Levels
  10. Microscale Temperature Variations During the Summer
  11. Birds Know That Summer is Ending Soon
  12. False Stories in the New York Times and the Seattle Times on Western Washington Megafires
  13. A Summertime Atmospheric River Will Reach the Northwest Tomorrow
  14. Smokestorm Hits Seattle and Puget Sound Country
  15. The Favored Areas for Wildfire on the Olympic Peninsula
  16. The First Frontal System of the Autumn

July 2025

  1. Pyrocumulus Over the Olympic Peninsua
  2. Why So Many Thunderstorms in Eastern Oregon?
  3. Northwest Rain During the Driest Time of the Year
  4. How to Save Seattle (And Other Locations) from Weather-Related Tragedy
  5. Crystal Mountain Cam Captures Fire Started by Lightning Strike
  6. Lightning and Thunderstorms Over and East of the Cascade Crest
  7. No Heatwaves During the Warmest Time of the Year
  8. Have the winds been unusual this summer?
  9. One Day Cool-Down and Strong, Threatening Winds in Eastern Washington
  10. Midsummer Air Quality Check
  11. Skillful Weather Warnings But Catastrophic Damage and Large Death Tolls. We Need to Do Better.
  12. Rain Moving In--And MUCH Cooler Tomorrow
  13. The Texas Flooding Tragedy: Could It Have Been Avoided?
  14. July 4 Weather and Fire Threat
  15. Mountain Wave Fest East of the Cascade Crest
  16. Warming and Then Much Cooler for July 4

June 2025

  1. Will Fewer Balloon Weather Observations Mean Reduced Forecast Skill?
  2. Below-Normal Wildfire Year so Far
  3. Alaska Wildfire Smoke Reaches the Pacific Northwest
  4. Summer Snow
  5. Major Errors in Seattle Times ClimateLab Article on Sea-level Rise
  6. March in June
  7. The Truth About Minimum Temperature Increases
  8. The Northwest Dry Spell Will Soon End
  9. Iranian/Israel Weather
  10. Cooler Air Means Greater Wildfire Threat
  11. June Gloom Ahead
  12. A Dry May and a Warm Weekend Ahead
  13. Seattle Times Climate Lab Misinforms about Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and Seattle Flooding
  14. Aurora Update and Mystery Smoke

May 2025

  1. Potential Aurora Over Washington State on Sunday Evening
  2. Hurricane-Forced Winds on Mount Rainier as Strong Winds Descend the Eastern Slopes of the Cascades
  3. One Day Flash Heatwave Followed by a Rapid Cooling
  4. Does a Low-Snowpack Mean More Washington Wildfires?
  5. Large Areas of Human-Caused Cooling
  6. "Drought-Buster" Rain (and Snow) Coming to the Northwest
  7. The Atmosphere is Now in Neutral
  8. More Serious Rain Returns
  9. No Mid-May Heatwave This Year
  10. Antisemitism at the University of Washington
  11. NOAA's Forecast Model Has A Drop Out Problem
  12. There Is No Trend in Northwest Snowpack for the Past 40 Years
  13. The Sea Breeze Season Has Begun
  14. High Temperatures, Large Temperature Contrasts, and Crazy Hot Stations

April 2025

  1. Los Angeles and Seattle Switch Meteorological Places
  2. Cool Water Near the Coast
  3. Why Winds During the Afternoon and Near-Calm at Night?
  4. Washington's Only Nuclear Power Station Will Be Shut Down for Two Months, Can Wind Energy Fill The Gap?
  5. Current Sea Surface Temperatures and the Sinking of the Titanic
  6. The Day of No Weather and SuperBlue Skies
  7. Potential Aurora Tonight
  8. Why The "Emergency Drought" is No Emergency
  9. A Sky Full of Lines
  10. Beautiful Satellite Imagery
  11. Is There Really A Drought Emergency in Washington State?
  12. April is the Month of Drying
  13. The Seattle Times Claims About the Termination of the National Weather Service Are False
  14. Can you plant your seeds yet?
  15. April 1 Special: The Initiation of UW ClimateLab Reports

March 2025

  1. April 1 Water Status
  2. The Predicted Severe Storms Never Occurred. Why?
  3. Thunderstorms Have A Cold Problem
  4. Are Tornadoes and Severe Thunderstorms Coming to the Northwest on Wednesday?
  5. Super Rain Shadow
  6. Dealing with Turbulence on Flights
  7. Drought-Buster Storms This Week
  8. Super Convergence Zone
  9. Can We Deal with the Snoqualmie Pass Snow Closures Better?
  10. Will You See the Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight?
  11. A Very Wet Period Ahead
  12. Should California Ship Water to the Pacific Northwest?
  13. The Sun is Back!
  14. Will the Key Weather and Climate Facility in the United State be Sold Off?
  15. A Very Wet California
  16. UFO Clouds

February 2025

  1. NOAA Personnel Cuts Are A Mistake and Must Be Reversed
  2. Late Winter Heat Wave With a Twist
  3. The great disappearing low. Where will it go?
  4. Will there be a big windstorm tomorrow night?
  5. Why do Atmospheric Rivers Occur?
  6. Heavy Rain Coming This Weekend
  7. NOAA Is Critically Needed But Requires Reform
  8. The Spring Transition Comes Early in the Northwest
  9. The End of Cold
  10. Lowland Snow (AGAIN), Powerful Easterly Winds on the Eastside, and Central Oregon Temperature Drops to -38F
  11. Modified Arctic Air Spreads Across Western Washington
  12. Very Favorable Water Situation in California
  13. The Cold Facts About This Winter
  14. Wet Snow "Apocalypse"
  15. A More Serious Lowland Snow Threat for Later This Afternoon and Evening for Western Washington
  16. Snow Tonight and the the Snow Low Off Our Coast
  17. There will be some lowland snow in Western Washington

January 2025

  1. The Cold/Snowy Period Reveals Itself
  2. The Upcoming Period of Cold and Snow
  3. Freezing Fog this Morning
  4. Why has air quality declined recently?
  5. The Direct Connection Between Northwest Weather and Los Angeles Santa Ana Winds (and Wildfires)
  6. The Highest Pressure in Ten Years
  7. Blocking Ridge, Dry Pacific Northwest, and Southern California Rain
  8. The Origin of The Los Angeles Wildfires
  9. The Northwest Sacrifices its Precipitation So New Orleans Can Experience Snow
  10. Why the LA Wildfires Have Little to do With Long-Term Drought or Climate Change
  11. Increasing Winds Threaten Southern California
  12. Where and how did the Palisades Fire start?
  13. A Relatively Dry Week Ahead--And Hope for Some California Rain
  14. Did the LA Fire Disaster Have to Happen?
  15. The National Weather Service Warns of a Catastrophic Windstorm in Los Angeles. Massive Preemptive Power Outages Planned
  16. Horse Manure, Climate Change, and Nuclear Energy
  17. Coastal Ocean Update
  18. Was this Fall Wetter or Drier than Normal?

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December 2024

  1. Severe Turbulence Hit an Alaska Airlines Flight from Seattle to Phoenix. Why?
  2. Was Yesterday's Forecast a Success?
  3. Major Wind Threat over the South Sound and Eastern Slopes of the Cascades
  4. Strong Winds, Heavy Precipitation, Massive Snowfall, and Big Waves
  5. Another Northwest Bomb Cyclone with Localized Strong Winds
  6. Big Waves in Hawaii. Why?
  7. An Intense Christmas Atmospheric River. No California Drought This Year
  8. Strong Winds Tonight and Tomorrow
  9. Time is Running Out. Will the Northwest Make Up its Precipitation Deficit?
  10. NOAA's Future and Project 2025
  11. Update on the Windstorm and Power Outages
  12. Power Outage Prediction Maps for the Friday/Saturday Storm
  13. A Major Cyclone Will Approach Our Coast But Not a Repeat of November 19
  14. Poor Vegetation Management and Windstorm Power Outages: A Frustrated Meteorologist Complains
  15. Front versus Cold Pool
  16. When will the SuperInversion End?
  17. The Fog Bowls of Washington State
  18. Make American Weather Prediction Great Again!

November 2024

  1. Finally.....the First Freeze in Parts of Western Washington
  2. A Pleasant No-Drama Thanksgiving Weekend: But A Big Surprise
  3. The Real Story Behind Tuesday's Windstorm and Massive Power Outage
  4. Are Eastern Pacific Cyclones Become More Frequent or Stronger?
  5. Tomorrow's Windstorm in Four Acts
  6. A Near Perfect Forecast of Yesterday's Event. The Next Windstorm Comes into View
  7. The Storm Reveals Itself. The Eastside Wind Threat
  8. The Deepest Low Pressure Center in Northwest History? Damaging Winds West of the Cascades
  9. Extreme Offshore Storm Could Produce Damaging Winds over the Western Cascade Foothills
  10. A Pacific "Hurricane" Off the Northwest Coast on Tuesday
  11. Downslope Windstorm and Extreme Precipitation Contrasts Across the Olympics
  12. Potential for King Tide Flooding this Week?
  13. The Tale of Two Troughs
  14. The Upcoming Deluge
  15. Update on Reservoir Levels
  16. Will Weather Influence a Very Close National Election?
  17. There WILL be Downhill Skiing by Thanksgiving
  18. Snowy Start for the Northwest's Winter Season
  19. Global Warming Failure

October 2024

  1. The Dangers of Heavy Precipitation over Local Roadways
  2. The Unnecessary Decline of U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction
  3. Heavy Rain Returns to the Northwest as a Deep Cyclone Develops over the Gulf of Alaska
  4. Snow Returns to the Mountains
  5. Why Do Strong Southerly Winds and Western Washington Rainshadows Come Together?
  6. Profound Rainshadowing over the Western Washington Lowlands
  7. A Very Unstable Atmosphere
  8. A (Typical) Soggy Future Ahead
  9. Comet Viewing Tonight
  10. Is the Top of Mount Rainier Shrinking Due to Global Warming?
  11. The Aurora Shows Itself!
  12. Potential for Major Aurora Tonight!
  13. Hurricane Milton Has Deepened Rapidly into a Category Five Storm
  14. Why Hurricane Track Forecasts are Much Better that Intensity Predictions
  15. The Seattle Times Needs To Use Weather Forecasts
  16. Improved Chances for a Big Northwest Windstorm This Winter
  17. Why Such Catastrophic Flooding with Hurricane Helene?

September 2024

  1. Dust Storm Hits Eastern Washington
  2. The Other "Hurricane" Has Just Hit Our Region!
  3. The First Strong Pacific Fronts of the Season. Amazingly Good Forecasts of Such Fronts are Now Common.
  4. If You Care About the Environment and Worry about Climate Change, Vote YES on I-2117
  5. The Strongest Atmospheric River on Record for the Gulf of Alaska?
  6. A Powerful Atmospheric River Takes Aim at British Columbia and Southeast Alaska
  7. Strange Radar Circles Appear at Sunrise in Eastern Washington: Why?
  8. Darkness Descends On Washington State
  9. Washington State Had a Very Low Wildfire Year
  10. The Autumn Transition
  11. Is Hawaii Prepared for the Next Wildfire Event? I Worry That the Answer is No.
  12. Oregon Smoke over Washington. Ends Monday.
  13. Superinversion on the Hottest Day for the Rest of the Year
  14. The Last Heatwave of the Year
  15. An Impressionist's Sky

August 2024

  1. From the Freezer into the Fire: Extreme Daily Temperature Temperature Change on Thursday
  2. Vote Yes for Washington State Initiative 2117
  3. The Last Frontal System for a While and Cold Records
  4. A Tropical Storm Approaches Hawaii: Should They Be Worried?
  5. Record Breaking Precipitation Imminent for Northwest Washington
  6. The Great Cooling is Imminent
  7. Why So Many Thunderstorms?
  8. Potential for A Major Western Washington/Oregon Thunderstorm Event Tonight
  9. How Does the National Weather Service Predictions Compare to the Best Commercial Forecasts?
  10. British Columbia Deluge and A Cooler-Than-Normal August
  11. Smoke Aloft but Relatively Clean Air At the Surface
  12. Sustained Cooling Ahead for the Northwest
  13. The Daily Temperature Range from High to Low Temperatures: Why Does It Vary So Much?
  14. Can the Pacific Northwest Experience Monsoon Conditions?
  15. Why has it been so humid?
  16. Has Global Warming Changed the Nature of Northwest Heatwaves?

July 2024

  1. Record Breaking Precipitation on the Driest Day of the Year
  2. The Wettest Driest Day in Seattle History
  3. Rain is Coming to the Northwest During the Driest Time of the Year
  4. Northwest wildfires are most frequently grass fires. Climate change is not an important contributor to grass fires.
  5. Will this be the driest July on record for the region?
  6. The Upcoming Cooling over the Northwest
  7. Thunderstorms Return to the Northwest
  8. Fog and Smoke: An Intimate Relationship in the Northwest
  9. The Weather Regimes of Summer
  10. The Cooling Has Begun
  11. The Current Northwest Heatwave: Facts Versus Hype
  12. Unbelievable Change in Temperature in a Very Short Distance
  13. July 4th Smoke, Wildfires, and the White Sky
  14. The Two Most Turbulent Airports in the U.S.

June 2024

  1. Summer Starts on Tuesday: My New Podcast is Out
  2. Huge June Precipitation Contrasts Across the Region
  3. A Benign Wildfire Year and Upcoming Rain
  4. The Chemtrails Conspiracy Theory
  5. Rain without Clouds, the Upcoming Cooling, and Strong Leeside Winds: All in My New Podcast
  6. Mountain-Top Instability
  7. Is Mid-June Getting Warmer or Colder?
  8. New Podcast: Showers, Warm Up and Winds on the Eastern Cascades Slopes
  9. Undergraduate Scholarship Fund in Honor of Steve Pool
  10. More Rain for the Northwest is Good News for Wildfires
  11. Lightning Returns to the Pacific Northwest
  12. New Podcast: Perfect Saturday Followed by June Gloom
  13. A Very Wavy Atmosphere
  14. A Winter Storm in June
  15. New Podcast: The Heavy Rain Event, Heat Wave, and Perhaps Thunderstorms!

May 2024

  1. Flooding of the Snoqualmie River and Record Rainfall
  2. Heavy Precipitation Event with Record River Levels
  3. Is Global Warming Causing Aircraft Turbulence to Increase?
  4. New Podcast: Memorial Day Weekend Forecast and More on Western Washington Wildfires
  5. More Wildfire Misinformation at the Seattle Times
  6. What Caused the Severe Turbulence on a Singapore Airlines Flight Last Night?
  7. Winter-Like System in May
  8. New Podcast: How Far into the Future Can We Forecast the Weather? and A Cool/Soggy Forecast
  9. A Moral, Ethical and Legal Failure at the University of Washington
  10. No Heatwaves for the Rest of the Month!
  11. Why isn't aurora prediction as good as weather prediction?
  12. Another Big Aurora Tonight
  13. My New Podcast is Online
  14. Major Solar Storm Tonight!
  15. Vegetable Growing Season Begins TODAY!
  16. Heatwave Ahead!
  17. Sea Surface Temperatures: West Versus East Coast.
  18. A Very Unstable Spring Atmosphere
  19. The Hamas Encampment at the UW: A Sad Collection of Ignorant, Virtue-Signaling, Law-Breaking Students Enabled by a Weak UW Administration

April 2024

  1. Substantial Late-Season Mountain Snow Ahead
  2. El Nino is Rapidly Collapsing
  3. Drought-Buster Wet, Cool Weather Ahead
  4. The Other Type of Mountain Wave Cloud
  5. A Strong Surge of Marine Air Brings Relief to the Pollen Afflicted
  6. Is Washington State REALLY In a Drought Emergency?
  7. A Good Chance of Seeing an Aurora Tonight over Northern Washington State
  8. A Huge DEI Establishment is Undermining the University of Washington
  9. A Drier Than Normal Spring over the Pacific Northwest
  10. More Typical Spring Temperatures Will Save Washington and California's Cherry Crop this Year
  11. The Surprising Weather "Miracles" of Yesterday's Total Solar Eclipse
  12. The "Hail Mary" Strategy for Texas Eclipse Watchers
  13. Eclipse Disappointment
  14. Undulating Clouds
  15. The Subtropical Jetsteam Versus the Total Eclipse
  16. New Research Finds that Solar Eclipses are Harder to See Due to Global Warming

March 2024

  1. Northwest Wind Energy Generation Collapses Again: Can We Blame El Nino?
  2. First Look at the Weather for the April 8 Solar Eclipse
  3. The Seattle Times Says Washington State is in a Serious Drought. Is this True?
  4. Potential Aurora Over Washington State Tonight
  5. Space Weather: March is Aurora Season, Particularly This Year
  6. Summertime Low Clouds in Winter!
  7. Should I Let AI Write My Blogs?
  8. Most Northwest Heatwaves are Local
  9. The Origin of Last Summer's Maui Wildfire
  10. Spring Heatwave by Next Weekend
  11. El Nino's Collapse Has Begun
  12. Coldest Early March in a Generation, Large Improvement in Regional Snowpack
  13. Another Deceptive Front-Page Climate Story in the Seattle Times
  14. Massive Area of Cold Air is Over the Pacific Northwest and It Not Going Away

February 2024

  1. Unusual Early March Lowland Snow
  2. The Snow has Arrived and Much More is on the Way
  3. Heavy Snow in the Mountains and Snowflakes over the Western Lowlands are Now a Certainty
  4. How unusual is it for aircraft to exceed the speed of sound?
  5. Substantial Snow Returning to the Pacific Northwest
  6. Dry Air Storm Hits Western Washington
  7. California Enjoys the Northwest's Water
  8. Some Lowland Snow is Coming Western Washington Late Wednesday and Thursday
  9. Why does El Nino Influence West Coast Weather?
  10. Precipitation Returns to the Pacific Northwest
  11. A Dominating El Nino
  12. Is Northwest Snow History? Scientific Errors in A Major Seattle Times Climate Story
  13. The Real Story of the 2021 Northwest Heatwave

January 2024

  1. The Inner Secrets of An Impressive Pacific Storm
  2. Water Vapor Fest over the Pacific Northwest
  3. Water Resources Looks Good Over the Western U.S.
  4. El Nino is Dying and the Northwest Will Get Drenched
  5. One of the longest jet streams in memory
  6. The Cold Weather is Over
  7. Freezing Rain or Rain That Freezes? They are NOT the Same!
  8. Heavy Lowland Snow over Northwest Washington Tomorrow
  9. The Cold Truth About Renewable Energy in the Pacific Northwest
  10. Dry "Storm" Hits Washington State, Snow/Freezing Rain over Northwest Oregon
  11. A Dramatic Arctic Front Pushes Southward into Washington State
  12. Some of the Coldest Air in Years is Moving into Washington State
  13. Will Heavy Lowland Snow Fall over Western Washington on Friday or Saturday?
  14. Strong Winds and Mountain Blizzard Tonight and Tomorrow
  15. The Five-Day Rule for Weather Prediction
  16. Major Mountain Snowfall Guaranteed PLUS the Potential for Lowland Snow
  17. Massive Snowfall Coming to the Washington Cascades and West Coast Mountains
  18. Dealing with Aircraft Turbulence

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December 2023

  1. Is the Low Snowpack this Year a Sign of Global Warming?
  2. A Wet "Drought"
  3. With Storms "Bombing" Over the Eastern Pacific, Big Waves Will Hit Our Coast
  4. Low Winds, Winter Sun, and Lots of Clouds Mean Little Renewable Energy over the Pacific Northwest
  5. What is the snow forecast for the holiday season?
  6. Darkness and Murk Covers Eastern Washington
  7. Mysterious Holes In the Sky
  8. El Nino Weather Ahead
  9. Is Northwest Precipitation Getting Heavier or Lighter?
  10. Destructive Ignorant Students Undermine the University of Washington
  11. First Lowland Snow over Western Washington
  12. The Darkness
  13. Subtropical Warmth, Heavy Rain, and Filling Reservoirs
  14. A Potent Atmospheric River Will Bring Heavy Rain and Some Flooding to the Northwest
  15. Strong Winds and Heavy Mountain Snows Coming to the Pacific Northwest

November 2023

  1. High Pressure and the Northwest's Low-Cloud Affliction
  2. Are King Tides a Threat During the Next Two Months?
  3. The Remarkable Life of Steve Pool
  4. A Very Dry Thanksgiving, But No Record
  5. Edgy Clouds
  6. The Olympics Mountains Can Affect the Weather in Ellensburg and Wenatchee
  7. Who Produces the Most Skillful Weather Forecasts?
  8. Will there be skiing for Thanksgiving?
  9. Rallies for Genocide at the University of Washington
  10. The Pacific Northwest: Where Fronts Come to Die
  11. A Very Windy Night Ahead
  12. A Strong El Nino This Winter
  13. The Most Beautiful Weather Imagery Imaginable: Steam Fog over Lake Washington
  14. Is Seattle in Decline? Was My 2020 Blog Correct?
  15. The First Significant Wind Event of the Season
  16. The November Precipitation Switch

October 2023

  1. The Humidity Inside Our Homes is as Low as the Sahara Desert
  2. First Frost in the Northwest
  3. Early Heavy Snow for the North Cascades
  4. The First Major Arctic Air Blast of the Season
  5. The Mid-October Temperature Transition
  6. Extreme Precipitation Variations this Autumn
  7. A Dramatic Annular Eclipse over the Northwest
  8. Hamas Rally at the University of Washington
  9. Super Bird Migration on Thursday Morning
  10. Will You Be Able to See the Annular Solar Eclipse?
  11. A Very Low Wildfire Year over the Western U.S.
  12. The Last Summer-Like Weekend of the Year
  13. The Jet Stream is Strengthening As Autumn Weather Settles In to the Northwest
  14. Is Much of Washington State Experiencing Severe and Extreme Drought?
  15. Wet, Then Extended Dry, Then Very Wet

September 2023

  1. The Implications of El Nino for Northwest Autumn and Winter
  2. A Very Scary Cloud over Puget Sound
  3. Superstorm and Superwaves Offshore
  4. Heavy Rainfall is Now Certain for the Northwest. But Why Are Some Folks So Worried About Drought?
  5. Valley Drainage Season
  6. Heavy Rain Coming to the Northwest: The End of the Wildfire Season and Beginning of the Snow Season
  7. The Last 80 Degree Day This Year For Puget Sound Country?
  8. A Stunningly Good Hurricane Forecast
  9. The Transition to Meteorological Fall
  10. The Seattle Times Pushes Climate Anxiety
  11. Major El Nino Developing
  12. Near Perfect Weather for the Next Ten Days
  13. New Podcast: My Views on Global Warming and Climate Change
  14. On Average, Is Western Washington Air Quality Getting Better or Worse?
  15. A Fascinating Precipitation Line on Tuesday

August 2023

  1. Meteorological Autumn Starts Today
  2. The Essential Ingredients of the Most Destructive Wildfires: Wind and Grass
  3. Regional Wildfires Were Greatly Reduced by Recent Rain
  4. Smoke Moves Out, Rain Moves in, and the a Westside Wildfire Threat
  5. Smoke Increased Rapidly this Afternoon But Soon Will Be History
  6. Smoke and Tropical Storm Hilary
  7. Tropical Storm Hilary Will Hit Southern California--- the Pacific Northwest Will Get a Sample of It
  8. The Real Cause of the Maui Wildfire Disaster
  9. Smoke Reaches Western Washington With a Significant Northwest Wildfire Threat and Willamette Heatwave
  10. The Origin of the Hawaii Fires/Preventing a Similar Tragedy in the Future
  11. Wind-Driven Wildfires on Maui
  12. Continued Major Errors and Misinformation In Seattle Times Climate Stories: Damaging and Unnecessary.
  13. A Cooler, Wetter Week Ahead
  14. The Northern Washington Coast Had Their Warmest July on Record, But the Rest of the Region Did Not. Why?
  15. A Stunningly Good Wildfire Forecast

July 2023

  1. A Summer of Beautiful Cirrus Clouds
  2. A Summer Without Extreme Heat in the Northwest
  3. Huge Grass Fire in Eastern Washington: Was Drought or Climate Change a Factor?
  4. Autumn in Midsummer
  5. Rain and Cool Temperatures During the Driest Portion of the Year
  6. Is Global Warming Causing Massive Heatwaves?
  7. A Tropical Storm Will Hit Hawaii
  8. Light Rain Coming During the Driest Time of the Year
  9. An Extremely Low Wildfire Year So Far
  10. A Warm-Dry Summer without Drama
  11. Wind and Wildfire
  12. Perfect Weather Ahead
  13. Some of the Worst Air Quality in the World over Puget Sound: Blame Fireworks
  14. Canadian Smoke Followed by Cooling
  15. Canadian Smoke Coming to the Northwest
  16. The Northwest is Now Smoke-Free. Let's Keep it That Way.

June 2023

  1. Is Washington State on Track for a Severe Fire Season?
  2. Why Thunderstorms over the Cascades and Not Over the Lowlands?
  3. The Forecast for the First Half of Summer
  4. Summer Solstice Snow and Cold over the Pacific Northwest
  5. The Real Story About a "Melting" Mount Rainier
  6. Record Cold and Mountain Snow Ahead for the Pacific Northwest
  7. New Podcast: The Origin of the New York Smoke and a Wet Period Ahead
  8. The Northwest Will Soon Share California's Fate
  9. Finally! Rain West of the Cascade Crest
  10. The Worst Air Quality in New York History?
  11. How Unusual Is the Recent Dry Period?
  12. Cold Water Along the West Coast and Unusually Cold Over Southern California
  13. Was May the Warmest in Northwest History?
  14. Wind Speed "Hot Spots' In Eastern Washington Produced by Gaps in the Cascades

May 2023

  1. Unusually Cool Weather in the West Means Lots of Wind Energy in the East
  2. Rapid Snowmelt has Filled Local Reservoirs
  3. What does it mean when you see "Castles in the Sky"?
  4. Are the Large Alberta Fires the Result of Climate Change?
  5. Northwest Weather Workshop Online
  6. Meteorological Role Reversal: Much Wetter East of the Cascade Crest
  7. Wildfire Smoke Forecast
  8. Dense Wildfire Smoke Plume Reaches Washington State
  9. My Favorite Weather Situation
  10. It's the Wind Not the Heat
  11. Heatwaves, Duststorms, and More
  12. The Upcoming Spring "Heatwave"
  13. How Does the Strengthening El Nino Influence Summer Weather in the Northwest?
  14. The Northwest Has Been Having a Thunderfest! Why We Can Blame this on California Low Pressure.
  15. A High-Amplitude Atmospheric Wave Threatened Aviation at Sea-Tac Airport
  16. The Big Chill will Save California From the Big Melt

April 2023

  1. A Three-Dimensional Heatwave
  2. Warmer in Seattle Than Los Angeles or San Diego!
  3. Why is there often a strange, stationary radar echo along the Washington Coast?
  4. The Upcoming Northwest Heatwave and Snowmelt
  5. One of the Coldest Aprils In Northwest History Will Soon Be History
  6. Increased Wildfire Danger over the Western U.S. from Wet and Cold Conditions
  7. Where can you get the most skillful weather forecast? And a cool week ahead. All in my new podcast
  8. The Northwest Weather Workshop 2023
  9. Does A Cold Spring Mean a Warmer than Normal Summer?
  10. Cold April Follows A Frigid March
  11. Super Rainshadow
  12. Finally, Some Real Precipitation for the Pacific Northwest
  13. A Dry Winter for Washington State But Not For the Rest of the West Coast: But Change is Coming!
  14. Record March Cold Over the Western U.S. and Northern Plains
  15. Alaskan Air Over the the Pacific Northwest

March 2023

  1. Why is Freezing at 32°F? And A Snowy Weekend Ahead in the Cascades. All in My New Podcast.
  2. "Dry Storm" Hits Western Washington as a Major Cyclone Swirls Off the Coast
  3. Required Faculty Diversity (DEI) Statements Undermine the Future of the University of Washington and Other Colleges
  4. A Powerful Coastal Storm Approaches
  5. Cool air and snow showers on Friday for the western lowlands. More crazy stuff in California.
  6. Record Breaking Storm Hits California. Snow Showers for Seattle. Accumulating Snow in Portland.
  7. La Nina Is Dead. El Nino will replace it. What are the implications? All in my new podcast.
  8. Massive Migration Occurring Aloft and Even Warmer on Saturday
  9. Serious Climate Misinformation In Seattle Time Headline Article
  10. The Upcoming Northwest "Heatwave"
  11. Will the Northwest Have Enough Water This Summer and Fall?
  12. The Northwest Weather Workshop is Back In Person! May 12-13 in Seattle.
  13. What is in Oregon's Radar Gap?
  14. Lowland Snow Flakes in March Plus Does Global Warming Contribute to Cold Waves
  15. Record late-winter cold wave hits the western U.S.
  16. Seattle Versus Portland Precipitation: Why is Seattle Sometimes Drier Than the Rose City
  17. Snowfall Versus Snowdepth. And More Snowflakes Over the Lowlands
  18. New Podcast: How Far Out in Time Can We Skillfully Predict the Weather?

February 2023

  1. Update on Tuesday's Snow Event
  2. More Snow is Ahead for the Pacific Northwest
  3. A Snowy Period Ahead for the Pacific Northwest
  4. Wet Snow on Sunday Morning over the western lowlands, and a major forecast bust in Portland.
  5. The Unimaginable Predicted: Snow in San Francisco
  6. Light Arctic Front Snow for Western Washington.
  7. Big Mountain Snows, Strong Winds, Cold Air, and a Dusting over Puget Sound. Plus A Primer on Northwest Gap Winds
  8. The Big Chill Will Strike the Northwest
  9. Can You Trust Machine Learning Chat Applications for Weather Information?
  10. It's Happening Now: Double Convergence Zone and Lowland Snow with Lightning
  11. Snow Update and Podcast: Increased Chances of Puget Sound Snow
  12. Two More "Unidentified" Objects Shot Down: Where Did They Come From?
  13. Colder Temperatures and Some Lowland Snowflakes Next Week
  14. The Truth About Weather Balloons
  15. New Podcast: A Wet Week Ahead and the Two Types of Rain (And Another Cold Spell Looms)
  16. Was the Chinese Balloon on A Spy Mission? Meteorologists Can Help Determine the Answer
  17. Lowest Windchill in U.S. History
  18. The Atmosphere Is About to Get "Unstuck" in Our Neighborhood

January 2023

  1. Is Freedom of Speech at Risk at the University of Washington?
  2. Why Does High Pressure Produce Low Clouds in the Pacific Northwest. Plus, the Latest Forecast
  3. Near-Record High Atmospheric Pressure Followed by the Big Chill
  4. Cold and Some Lowland Snow Arriving This Weekend
  5. Atmospheric Pressure Explains a Wimpy King Tide Plus Cold Air Ahead
  6. The California Drought is Over. Definitively.
  7. A Superfront Will Reach the Northwest Coast on Wednesday Morning
  8. The Big Dry is Coming, And the Truth About the Pacific Data Void
  9. The Northwest's Weather Scorecard at Winter's Halfway Point
  10. Stunning Imagery: A Huge Cyclone and an Atmospheric River
  11. La Nina's Days Are Numbered
  12. A Monster Low Will Develop on Wednesday
  13. The Origins of Atmospheric Rivers and the Latest Forecast. My New Podcast
  14. The End of the Current California Drought
  15. The Beauty of an Explosively Developing Cyclone Offshore
  16. A Megastorm Will Form Off the Pacific Coast This Week

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December 2022

  1. My new podcast: the warmest and coolest places during the winter in the Northwest
  2. The Origin of Seattle and Tacoma Flooding This Week
  3. A Potent Storm with A "Poisonous Tail" Makes Landfall Today
  4. The Upcoming Windstorm (Plus Another One This Morning)
  5. Ice Storm, Heavy Rain, Cold Wave, Warm Wave, and Now A Powerful Storm Approaches
  6. Northwest Freezing Rain Events in Perspective, Plus a Big Change in the Weather
  7. Major Freezing Rain Event
  8. The Potential for a Major Freezing Rain Event
  9. The Coldest Temperatures in Years, A Substantial Freezing Rain Event, and Powerful Localized Winds
  10. Snow Update Using the Most Powerful Tools Available
  11. Lowland Snow is Coming on Tuesday to Washington State
  12. The Upcoming Arctic Push Into Washington State: In Living Color!
  13. Extremely High Surface Pressure, Much Colder Temperatures, and Potential Light Lowland Snow
  14. A Colder Period Ahead with A Chance of Scattered Light Snow over the Western Lowlands
  15. More Climate Misinformation and Factual Errors in the Seattle Times. Should You Care?
  16. Large Temperature and Pressure Contrasts Will Develop Across the Cascades. But No Precipitation
  17. Why don't clouds fall out of the sky? Plus, a major shift to cool, dry conditions
  18. Snowpack Status for the Northwest
  19. How can we predict the climate 50 years from now if we can't forecast the weather next week?
  20. A Forecast Failure and the Next Snow Event
  21. Low Indoor Relative Humidity and the Next Snow Event
  22. Another Snow Event Friday Night/Saturday Morning

November 2022

  1. A Triumph of Weather Technology, the Next Snow Events, and Power/Airport Problems
  2. Light Snow this Morning and the Warm Up Overnight. Plus, Strong Winds and Another Snow Threat....
  3. It Will Snow over Central/Northern Puget Sound But It Won't Last Long
  4. Update on the Cold and Snow
  5. Cold Wave Coming to the Northwest with Heavy Mountains Snows. Probable Snow in the Lowlands.
  6. Climate Tipping Points: Real Threats or Misinformation?
  7. One Dry Record Will Be Broken. But Rain is Coming Back
  8. A Great Weekend and Thanksgiving Plus The Cool Facts about the Columbia Basin
  9. Strong Easterly Winds Hit the Northwest
  10. A Super-Inversion Leads to Poor Air Quality over the Region
  11. A Very Dry Week When It Should Be Wet
  12. The Great Wildfire Mystery and The Latest (Dry) Forecast
  13. Huge Range of Low Temperatures over the Region
  14. Modified Arctic Air Pushes into Washington After Light Snow Falls over Some Areas
  15. The Lowland Snow Outlook, A Wind Surge through the Strait, Amazing Precipitation Totals, and Problematic Passes
  16. Closed Passes, Heavy Rain, Future Snow: All in My New Podcast
  17. Super Rainshadow and the Snow Situation Becomes Clearer
  18. Warm and Very Wet Before the Snow and Cold
  19. Record-Breaking Cold and Snow is Forecast by the Models. Can It Really Be True?

October 2022

  1. Bizarre Clouds Seen Over Puget Sound, Plus My Latest Podcast/Forecast
  2. A Cold, Wet Month Ahead and Maybe More of the Same Through Midwinter
  3. Annual Precipitation is Close to Normal While Flood Warnings are Out in Western Washington
  4. The Atmospheric Spigot is On and Will Stay On
  5. Was Global Warming Behind the Recent Smoky Period in Western Washington?
  6. It's Over.
  7. How Could Air Quality in Western Washington Be So Bad When the Wildfires Were Third Rate?
  8. Record Cold in the Midwest While the Northwest is Warm and Dry
  9. One of the most extreme days in western Washington history....and why the lowlands are protected from surface smoke
  10. Wildfires and Temperatures Surge With Strong Easterly Flow
  11. Smoke and Rain Update
  12. How Far into the Future Can We Forecast Skillfully? And the Big Weather Change Ahead.
  13. A Smokestorm and Heatwave in Western Washington This Weekend
  14. Northwest Winter Starts on October 21 This Year
  15. The 60th Anniversary of the Northwest's Biggest Storm of the Last Century: The Columbus Day Storm
  16. The Forecast Changed: Endless Summer Remains. And Why is this Fog Season.
  17. Rain, Fall Weather, and a Potential Wildfire Threat
  18. The Politicization and Decline of Public Radio Station KNKX
  19. Valley Smoke and Endless Summer

September 2022

  1. How has hurricane prediction skill changed? And a very warm, dry weekend ahead.
  2. European Models Provide Far Better Forecasts than U.S. Models for Hurricane Ian
  3. Was This the Driest Summer in Northwest History?
  4. The Rain Cometh
  5. The Perfect (Smoke) Storm and the Weekend Weather Forecast
  6. Air Quality Worsens Over Puget Sound this Morning
  7. Smoke Plume from the Bolt Fire Invades Western Washington
  8. Major Alaska Storm, Unusual Rain and Low Pressure ove Northern California, and Dry Northwest. Are They Connected?
  9. Wildfires are the "Old Normal" for the Pacific Northwest
  10. The Birds Know that Fall is Here
  11. The Bolt Wildfire From Space: It's Declining Rapidly
  12. California Imports of Clouds and Smoke Aloft as Air Quality Rapidly Improves in Western Oregon and Washington
  13. Major New Fire near Stevens Pass Sending Smoke into the North Sound
  14. The 3D Nature of Northwest Wildfire Smoke, Wildfire Threat, and Major Improvement on Sunday
  15. Wildfire Smoke Alert for Western Washington and the Portland Area
  16. A Serious Wildfire Threat for Western Oregon and Southwest Washington
  17. Was There A Weather Connection with the Whidbey Float Plane Crash?
  18. A Warm August in the Northwest: But How Warm? How Unusual?
  19. A Massive Smoke Plume Pushes into Eastern Washington, No More Northwest Heatwaves, and Meteorological Fall is Here

August 2022

  1. How Serious is the ARk Storm (Catastrophic Flooding) Threat Along the West Coast?
  2. The Final Heatwave of the Summer? When does the threat disappear?
  3. A Mild Weekend, One Last Warm Period, and the Microclimates of the Northwest
  4. Our Washington Coastal Water Temperatures are Warmer Than Normal. Why?
  5. A Lightning Vortex East of the Cascade Crest
  6. More Climate Misinformation from the Seattle Times
  7. A Good Weekend Ahead But More Heat in Our Future. Plus, a Primer on Northwest Humidity
  8. Some Showers and a Cool Down Ahead
  9. Significant Aurora Possible Tonight
  10. SuperMonsoon Hits the Southwest U.S. and the Northwest Gets a Piece of It.
  11. Wildfire Smoke: What a Difference a Year Makes!
  12. The Most Threatening Wildfire Period is Ahead. But Why? And a Warm, Pleasant Forecast.
  13. Monsoon Thunderstorms Across the Region
  14. Monsoon Moisture Reaches the Pacific Northwest
  15. Warm For A Few Days Then Cooling with Showers
  16. The Northwest Weather Roller Coaster and Weather Signs in the Sky: All in My New Podcast
  17. Heatwaves in the Northwest: Are Extreme Heat Events Increasing Rapidly?
  18. Why does wind energy decline during heat waves?

July 2022

  1. The First Serious Smoke of the Season
  2. The Big Cooling is Weakened and Delayed. And some amazing temperatures today.
  3. The Great Heat Wave Dilemma Explained, Plus the End of the Heat Wave in Sight.
  4. Humidity Storm
  5. Heat Wave Update
  6. The Upcoming Heat Wave
  7. Potential Aurora Tonight and an Upcoming Heat Wave. All in My Latest Podcat
  8. The European Heat Wave and Global Warming
  9. A Beautiful Aurora Last Night: Another May Be On the Way
  10. Multiple Deaths During the Recent I-90 Dust Storm: Why it Happened and How Such Tragedies Can be Prevented.
  11. Why is late July so Dry? And the Weekend Forecast. All in My Latest Podcast.
  12. It's Back!! The Pesky Upper-Level Trough Will Bring Cool Temperatures and Some Rain This Weekend
  13. The Marine Air is Pouring Into Western Washington---But There is a Danger
  14. The Potential for Large Grass Fires in Eastern Washington this Summer
  15. Why so humid this week? And more summer-like weather ahead. All in my new podcast.
  16. A Victory for Faculty Freedom of Speech and Diversity of Viewpoint At the University of Washington
  17. A Smokestorm from Fireworks over Western Washington
  18. Lots of Lightning, A Dismal July 3rd, and a Hopeful Forecast for Fireworks
  19. A Wet July 3 and the Secret Sauce of Northwest Thunderstorms

June 2022

  1. The Upcoming Inundation of Southern BC and Northern Washington. Plus Thunderstorms!
  2. An Unnecessary Tragedy: The New Mexico Hermit's Peak Fire
  3. A Very Green Start of Summer
  4. Weekend Warmth and the Secrets of Northwest Heatwaves: All in My New Podcast
  5. My Saturday Weather Talk in Seattle and the New Edition of Weather of the Pacific Northwest
  6. A Very Pleasant Heat Wave Ahead
  7. Northwest Weather: Darkest Before the Dawn
  8. The Origins of the Yellowstone Flooding and a June Gloom Forecast: All in My New Podcast
  9. Sun Dog
  10. FINALLY. U.S. Drought Monitor Drops Severe Drought For Washington State
  11. One of the Wettest Springs in Northwest History is Getting Wetter
  12. Turbulence During Flights: Why Does the Plane Start to Shake?
  13. What grass and other vegetation tell us about our wildfire future.
  14. More Miscommunication from The Seattle Times
  15. One day above 70F and then back into the murk
  16. Why do thunderstorm prefer the mountains? A Wet Weekend Ahead. All in My New Podcast!
  17. How Bad Was May? Could June Be A Continuation?

May 2022

  1. Bad News. Clouds will Obscure the Meteors for Most of Washington State
  2. Warmth and Meteors Ahead!
  3. A Complex Memorial Day Weekend Forecast. Are These Weekends Getting Better or Worse?
  4. Wildfire Forecast for the Summer
  5. Lightning Fest over the Northwest
  6. The Best Weekend in a While, Plus Why Eastern Washington is NOT in a Drought
  7. Faculty Freedom of Speech and Diversity is Threatened at the University of Washington
  8. The Big May Blow
  9. A Winter Storm is Approaching: In May!
  10. La Nina is Not Going Away. What does the mean for this summer's weather?
  11. What you should know about surface temperature, and another winter-like week ahead. All in my podcast.
  12. Pressure Data from Smartphones Could Greatly Improve Weather Prediction: Will Big Tech Help?
  13. Winter Rainfall in Spring
  14. The Coldest April in the Satellite Record over the Pacific Northwest
  15. Triple Dip La Nina and A Wet Week Ahead: All in My New Podcast
  16. Last Reminder: the Northwest Weather Workshop is on Saturday.
  17. Wetter than Normal on the West, Drier than Normal in the East. But Why?
  18. A Much Colder Than Normal April: But How Unusual?

April 2022

  1. How Understanding Temperature Can Save Your Life. Plus a Mixed Weekend Forecast
  2. A Mysterious Cloud Circle Appears Near Victoria and the San Juans
  3. Siberian Smoke Reaches the Pacific Northwest
  4. Is a large portion of Washington State in extreme drought?
  5. Why so little lightning in the Pacific Northwest? And a very nice weekend ahead.
  6. Unstable Air Today with Potential Thunderstorms
  7. Listenership to Public Radio Station KNKX Plummets As the Station Turns Activist and Partisan
  8. The Northwest Weather Workshop on May 7. Online and Open to Everyone
  9. Enjoy the Sun Now! A Cloudy Wet Period is Ahead
  10. My Views on Climate Change/Global Warming and A Cool/Showery Forecast for the Next Week
  11. The Coldest Mid-April Period in Northwest History
  12. A Very Cool (and Snowy) April
  13. The Great Portland/SW Washington Snowstorm of April 11, 2022
  14. The Last Chance for Lowland Snow
  15. Big Storm Sunday Morning and Secrets of Spring. All in My New Podcast
  16. A "Spike" Heatwave on Thursday
  17. An Unusual April Windstorm
  18. A Powerful Pacific Jet Stream, Heavy Precipitation of the Northwest, and Strong Trade Wind over Hawaii: It is All Connected.
  19. Where Would a Toxic Release over Ukraine End Up? The Pacific Northwest Would Be In the Downstream Plume

March 2022

  1. A Super Jet Stream Will Cross the Pacific this Weekend.
  2. The Beauty of Atmospheric Water Vapor
  3. How far into the future are weather forecasts skillful? And the weekend forecast.
  4. Are atmospheric rivers a new meteorological phenonomon?
  5. The Tactical and Strategic Implications of the Weather Situation in the Ukraine
  6. The Mid-March Precipitation Transition over the Northwest
  7. Are TV Weathercasters Meteorologists? And Another Atmospheric River Coming Our Way.
  8. Northwest Reservoirs and Summer Water Supply Are in Good Shape
  9. Mud Season In Ukraine
  10. Extraordinary Lenticular and Mountain Wave Clouds
  11. A Strong Low Center Crosses the Columbia River. Oregon Gets Big Winds. Washington Does Not. All Explained in My New Podcast. Plus, Lots of Rain and Snow on Monday.
  12. A Strong Storm Will Approach the Oregon Coast on Saturday
  13. A Cool, Wet Spring Ahead
  14. Why are winds stronger during the day?
  15. Where Can You Secure the Most Skillful Weather Forecast? And a Sunny, Dry Weekend Ahead.
  16. Misinformation about Sea Level Rise
  17. Some Remarkable Precipitation Totals Around the Region

February 2022

  1. A Major Precipitation Event Has Begun
  2. Very Heavy Rain and Flooding Coming to the Northwest
  3. A Major Shift in the Weather: Warm and Wet Returns. Plus, Why Cold Temperatures Vary so Much.
  4. Light Snow Tonight and Tomorrow Morning Over Northwest and Eastern Washington. And Cold Record Fall.
  5. Light Snow and Cold. Next Up: Thursday Morning Snow Potential
  6. Record Late-February Cold, Puget Sound Snow, and Snowy Cascades
  7. Cold and Snow is Coming to the Pacific Northwest. The Story in My New Podcast
  8. Is the Southwest U.S. Experiencing a Megadrought Fueled by Global Warming?
  9. Another Cold Blast is Coming to the Northwest
  10. Is the Northwest Experiencing and Threatened by "False Spring"?
  11. The New All-Time Maximum Temperature Record for Washington State. And the Latest Forecast
  12. Perspective On A Dry February
  13. Climate Hype Leads to Climate Anxiety and Undermines Constructive Efforts
  14. The Revenge of the Ridge: An Arid First Half of Feburary
  15. Freezing Rain--Why and Where Does It Occur? And A Dry Week Ahead for the Northwest.
  16. January Was No Month for Vacation in the Columbia Basin
  17. A Dry End to Meteorological Winter

January 2022

  1. What Goes Up, Must Come Down. What Do You Do When You Find a Radiosonde?
  2. The Truth about Ancient Weather Proverbs. Plus, the Latest Forecast
  3. Marvels of Fog and Low Clouds
  4. Air Quality Declines As Inversion Slowly Weakens Overhead
  5. The Southern Oregon Coast Hits 79F as a Super-Inversion Develops over the Northwest
  6. High Pressure's Two-Edged Sword: Heat and Cold Fog. Plus the Weekend Forecast in My New Podcast
  7. "Code Red" on the Oregon Coast
  8. Mega Ridge of High Pressure will Lead to Perfect Coastal Weather
  9. The Tonga Volcano Affects the Weather and Water of the Pacific Northwest
  10. The Best Weekend in a Long Time, Major Ridging Ahead, and the Mid-January Break: All in My New Podcast
  11. Are Portions of Washington State in Severe Drought?
  12. Super King Tide: Water Levels Approach or Achieve Record Levels in the Northwest
  13. Does the Massive Cascade Snowpack Mean We Don't Have to Worry About Global Warming?
  14. Heavy Rain, Record Breaking Snow, Strong Wind and Flooding, Followed by A Break: An Update in My New Podcast
  15. The Colorado Wildfire and Global Warming: Is there a Connection?
  16. Heavy Rain and Potential Flooding
  17. Warm Front Snow Event for Western Washington
  18. The Melt-out Begins, No Lowland Snowstorm, and Mountain Snows

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December 2021

  1. New Podcast: The Weekend Weather and the Colorado Wildfire
  2. A New Weather Concern: The Slush Freeze
  3. A Difficult Snow Forecast--As True of Most Western Washington Snow Events
  4. A Snow-Shadow Snow Event
  5. Why Does Western Washington Have Some of the Worst Roadway Icing in the Country? And the Next Snowstorm in Sight
  6. The Arctic Front Arrives Bringing Lowland Snow and Dangerous Windchill
  7. Weather Showtime is Approaching--- And a More Threatening Snow Situation Reveals Itself
  8. The Cold/Snow Forecast is Now Much Clearer
  9. Most Will Have to Dream of a White Christmas
  10. An Incredible Cold Wave is Being Forecast
  11. Extraordinary Cold in Store for The Pacific Northwest
  12. Major Cold Wave Ahead for the Northwest. A White Christmas is Possible.
  13. Drought Buster Event for California and Plenty of Snow for the Northwest
  14. La Nina Begins to Influence Our Weather, and the Latest Forecast: All in My New Podcast
  15. Were the Recent Tornadoes the Result of Global Warming?
  16. Huge Improvement in Mountain Snow Situation and Much More is in the Forecast
  17. A Critical Gap in Tornado Warning Technology: Lessons of the Recent Tornado Outbreak
  18. New Podcast: How can we predict climate change if we can't forecast weather more than a week ahead? Plus, massive snow in the mountains.
  19. My New Northwest Weather Book: Online Book Talk and In-Person Signing This Weekend. Plus Mountain Snow!
  20. Major Kona Storm Hits Hawaii
  21. Monday's Snow Event
  22. New Podcast is Out: Monday's Snow Event and the Meteorological "Trick" Required for Western Washington Snow
  23. The Second Great Northwest Heatwave of 2021

November 2021

  1. The last atmospheric river in the series. Will Seattle break the November precipitation record?
  2. The Great Atmospheric River Irony: Simultaneous Extreme Precipitation and Extreme Dryness
  3. Atmospheric River Update
  4. THREE Atmospheric Rivers Heading Our Way
  5. Were the Sumas Floods Caused by Global Warming? The Evidence Says No.
  6. Dry Weekend and the Roadway Icing Threat: All in My New Podcast
  7. Shocking Cloud Pattern: Random Chance, An Unknown Phenomenon, or the Work of the Devil?
  8. Extreme Precipitation and Flooding in Whatcom County
  9. The Pacific Northwest is in the Subtropics for a Day
  10. The Story of Northwest Flooding and the Weekend Forecast (Very Wet): All in My New Podcast
  11. Major Flooding Ahead as A Strong Atmospheric River Aims at the Northwest
  12. Tornado Warnings, Power Outages and More
  13. The Mountain Snow Season Gets A Good Start...And The Tuesday Storm Fizzles Out
  14. La Nina Revs Up, A Wet Week with Mountain Snow Ahead, Book Signing, and More in My New Podcast
  15. A "Boa Cloud" Forms Over Lake Chelan and a Glimpse of a Spectacular Aurora
  16. A Very Stormy November Ahead

October 2021

  1. Pluvius Jupiter Reigns over the Northwest
  2. Why are there atmospheric rivers? And a very pleasant weekend ahead. All in my lates podcast!
  3. A River Runs Through Us
  4. Is California Experiencing More "Weather Whiplash"?
  5. A Record Storm and the Power Outages Begin
  6. The Storm's Future is Now Known
  7. Update on the Strongest Coastal Cyclone in Northwest History and an Introduction to Pacific Cyclones. All in my New Podcast
  8. The Strongest Storm in Northwest History Could Reach Our Coastal Waters On Sunday
  9. The Bomb Cyclone Offshore
  10. Saving California
  11. A Superstorm of Tropical Origin Will Develop Off the Northwest Coast on Thursday
  12. The Columbus Day Storm and Stormy Weather Ahead: All in My Latest Podcast!
  13. A Cold, Snowy Start to Fall
  14. Aurora Occurring Tonight!
  15. The U.S. Could Have Wildfire Smoke Radar
  16. Why are Cloud Bases Often Flat While the Tops Are Variable? Plus, My New Podcast on Relative Humidity Versus Dew Point
  17. A Rapid Descent into a Cool, Wet, "La Nina" Fall
  18. An Unmanned Saildrone Takes Weather Observations in the Center of a Hurricane
  19. Northwest Extreme Rainshadows, The Whale Cloud Offshore, and the Weekend Forecast: All in My New Podcast

September 2021

  1. The Truth about the "Baroclinic Leaf"
  2. Gulf of Alaska Storm Season Begins
  3. Heat Wave Versus Cold Wave Deaths in The U.S. and the Pacific Northwest
  4. Weather Signs over our Mountains and a Wet Week Ahead--All in My New Podcast
  5. Another Wet Period Ahead
  6. Are Northwest Summers Getting Drier? The Truth May Surprise You.
  7. Big Winds, Heavy Rain, and Now Thunderstorms
  8. A Potential Intense Feature Moving Through Tonight. My New Podcast. And Why are Northwest Summers so Dry.
  9. The Winds and the Rain. Plus, My Atmospheric Sciences 101 Class this Fall
  10. Heavy Rain and Rapidly Rising Rivers: The Details on the Friday/Saturday Inundation
  11. The First Heavy Rain Event of the Season
  12. The Malden Wildfire and Climate Change: Why are Major Media and Politicians Distorting the Truth?
  13. The First Major Rain Event of the Season. The Story of the Jet Stream. All in My Latest Podcast
  14. Major Cooling Ahead
  15. Could Seattle Experience Urban Flooding Like New York?
  16. Why doesn't the Pacific Northwest Get Hit by Hurricanes and Tropical Storms? And the Latest Forecast. All in My New Podcast.
  17. Disaster Hits the New York Metropolitan Area. We Need to Do Better.

August 2021

  1. Hurricane Ida and Global Warming: Unsupported Claims
  2. The Landfall of Category Four Hurricane Ida
  3. This is the Season For Large Westside Wildfires. Why? And the Latest Forecast. All in My New Podcast.
  4. A Pacific Cold Front Moves Through, With Near-Perfect Weather Ahead
  5. Evening Northwest Winds Descend the Eastern Slopes of the Cascades
  6. Another Major Northwest Heatwave? Looks Unlikely for the Rest of the Summer.
  7. June Gloom in August and the Upcoming La Nina: My New Podcast is Out!
  8. A Potential La Nina for this Winter: What Does It Imply?
  9. Climate Hype Hurts the Environment and Undermines Our Society
  10. Weak Cold Front Brings Cooler Temperatures, Smoke Relief, But Potential Fire Danger over the Eastern Slopes
  11. The Bellingham Heat Surge and Improving Air Quality
  12. My New Podcast: Bellingham Heat Surge, Smoke Today, the IPCC Climate Report and Big Weather Changes Next Week
  13. A Smoke Storm is About to Hit Washington State
  14. The Summer's Second Heatwave Comes Into Focus (And Slightly Cooler Than Initially Predicted)
  15. Major Heat Wave Coming This Week
  16. Striking Lenticular/Mountain Wave Clouds over the Eastern Slopes of the Cascades
  17. New Podcast: From the Cooler to the Frying Pan. The Northwest Heatwave and Climate Change.
  18. California Smoke Overhead But MUCH Cooler Temperatures and Rain are Ahead
  19. Smoke Will Soon Exit Western Washington As the First Cool/Wet Weather System Approaches
  20. Smoke Moves in Aloft, But Precipitation Fell Exactly Where We Needed It

July 2021

  1. Monsoon Moisture Reaches Washington and Oregon
  2. New Podcast: Weather Whiplash Week. From Heatwave to Thunderstorms to the Big Cool
  3. Super Moisture Plume Headed for the Northwest.
  4. The Most Perfect Weather Month in Western Washington History
  5. The Southwest Monsoon Brings Thunderstorms and Wildfires to the Northwest: Will This Change Under Global Warming?
  6. What Controls the Movement of Wildfire Smoke? And a Perfect Forecast for the Next Week.
  7. Miscommunication in Recent Climate Attribution Studies
  8. Fires on the West Coast Produce Smoke and Bad Air on the East Coast
  9. A Favorable Short-term Forecast for Wildfires, and Satellite Technology for Wildfire Monitoring
  10. Why are Northwest Summers So Dry? And a Cool Forecast for the Next Week
  11. Colder Air Moving In While Windfires Burn East of the Cascade Crest
  12. Flawed Heatwave Report Leads to False Headlines in Major Media
  13. Heatwave Haze
  14. The Sea Breezes of the Pacific Northwest and A Potential Major Change in Our Weather: New Podcast Today
  15. Cooler Air in Western Washington Means Strong Winds and Wildfire Threat in Eastern Washington
  16. Was Global Warming The Cause of the Great Northwest Heatwave? Science Says No.
  17. Wildfire Smoke Returns to the Northwest
  18. New Podcast: Global Warming and the Northwest Heatwave, Plus the Weekend Forecast
  19. We Can Greatly Reduce the Wildfire Threat. Will Our Leaders Take the Necessary Steps?

June 2021

  1. The Big Heat Post Mortem and the Next Few Days
  2. Showtime. Temperatures Are Surging to Unparalleled Highs.
  3. Even More Extreme: Extraordinary Record Highs Followed by Perhaps the Most Rapid Cooling in Northwest History
  4. A One-Hundred Year Heat Wave Event Comes Into Focus
  5. The Reason for the Extreme Warmth on Monday--And My Podcast on the Heat Wave is Out
  6. Incredible Temperatures Are Being Predicted and Confidence Is Now High That It Will Occur
  7. An Historical Heat Wave with Record-Breaking Temperatures over the Northwest
  8. The Greatest Heat Wave In Northwest History?
  9. Humid Air Makes Ice Cream Cones Melt Fast!
  10. New Podcast: The Truth about Record Temperatures and the Warm/Dry Weekend Forecast
  11. Noctilucent clouds and a Beautiful Sunrise
  12. Thunderstorms Possible This Afternoon
  13. A River Runs Through Us
  14. A Wet Period Ahead As Tropical Moisture Streams Northward. My Podcast Has the Details.
  15. Wildfire Outlook for the Pacific Northwest
  16. The Cool Drought-Buster Weekend Storm...and More is On the Way!
  17. Remembering The Critical D-Day Forecast
  18. Rain and Fronts this Weekend. Plus My Podcast on the Number One Summer Weather Phenomenon in the Pacific Northwest.
  19. The Heat Wave Ends As Marine Air Starts Pushing Eastward
  20. KNKX Leader Resigns as the Radio Station Turns to Political Advocacy
  21. Strong Atmosphere River Heads into British Columbia and Southeast Alaska

May 2021

  1. The Time of Year You Can See the Air Move
  2. The History of Numerical Weather Prediction and A Warm Memorial Day Weekend Forecast: All in My New Podcast.
  3. Dust Storms on Both Sides of the Cascades
  4. What is atmospheric pressure? Why do we care about it? Part 1.
  5. A Wet Week Plus Full Reservoirs Should Put the Northwest in Relatively Good Shape For This Summer
  6. The First Wildfire Smoke of the Season Reaches Washington State and My New Podcast
  7. The Beauty of Springtime Cumulus Over the Northwest
  8. COVID is Collapsing in Washington State: Just as Predicted!
  9. The Daily Cycle of Coastal Low Clouds and Flowing Fog
  10. The Fascinating History of Weather Forecasting and the Perfect Weekend Ahead: New Podcast Cover Both
  11. Extraordinary Halos over the Region Tuesday Night
  12. What Seattle Needs in Its Next Mayor
  13. Where is the driest place in Washington State?
  14. New Podcast. Why do we have showers and sunbreaks during the spring? And a favorable Mother's Day forecast.
  15. The Subtleties of Wind Energy in Washington State
  16. A Nighttime "Light Pillar" Plus Weather Cam Poetry
  17. Evidence of COVID Herd Immunity, Why COVID is Increasing In WA and OR, And Why It May Soon Decline Here.

April 2021

  1. How Far Into The Future Can We Predict the Weather? My New Podcast Discusses That and the Weekend Forecast.
  2. Extremely Dry Conditions Hit the Pacific Nothwest
  3. Regional Sea Breezes and Clouds
  4. The Most Boring April Day on Record?
  5. New Podcast: The Big Weather Change over the Weekend and the Inside Story on Weather Radar
  6. The Weather Switch is About to be Flipped: Wet and Cool Ahead
  7. The Best April Weather Stretch in Seattle History
  8. Marine Air Pushes into Western Washington
  9. The Seattle Parks Department Threatens To Reduce Service Due to COVID: Where is the Science?
  10. The Origin of Northwest Heatwaves and a Toasty Weekend Forecast
  11. The Infrastructure Problems of the National Weather Service
  12. Heat Wave!
  13. Frosty Morning and an Extraordinary Land Breeze
  14. New Podcast. Frost to heat this week, plus an in-depth look at the effects of the weakening La Nina.
  15. La Nina is Collapsing
  16. Is Outside Air COVID Safe? Are Masks Needed Outdoors?
  17. Why are their contrails in the sky? And the weekend forecast. All in my latest podcast
  18. A Cold Spring That Won't Go Away

March 2021

  1. 143 mph in the Cascades, Snowflakes in the Lowlands, and Strong Winds: A Very Powerful Cold Front Crosses the Region
  2. A Powerful Front Will Cross Washington Bringing Strong Winds and Snow in the Mountains (A Perhaps Some Flakes to the Lowlands)
  3. New Podcast: Can Human's Alter the Weather? And the Weekend Weather Forecast
  4. Secret Rocket Launch. Alien Visitation, or Meteorology?
  5. The Little Saildrone Survives and A Weak Tornado Hits Our Coast
  6. The Northwest Snowpack Trend of the Past Fifty Years: The Truth May Surprise You
  7. New Podcast: Why Does Western Washington and Oregon Have the Longest Springs in the Nation? Plus the Weekend Forecast
  8. Will the Incoming Storm Take Out the Little Saildrone?
  9. Why the Strange Radar Echo over the Pacific Ocean?
  10. Broken Water Pipe Takes Out U.S. Buoy Data
  11. Why are Western Washington and Oregon Thunderstorms So Wimpy? And the Weekend Forecast!
  12. A Rare Western Washington Thunderstorm that Pushed into the Stratosphere!
  13. The Revolutionary Weather Observers
  14. New Podcast: Why U.S. Numerical Prediction is Lagging and the Weekend Forecast
  15. Super Saildrone is Being Tested in the Northeast Pacific: Can A Drone Sailboat Survive the Big Storms?
  16. An Above Normal Winter Snowpack is Guaranteed!

February 2021

  1. Rare Upside Down Lightning Viewed over Puget Sound
  2. New Podcast: Weekend Weather and Why Texas Weather is So Extreme
  3. The Extreme Temperature Changes of Texas
  4. Double Convergence Zone
  5. Amazing Precipitation Differences and Avalanche Threat
  6. Super Rain Shadow
  7. New Podcast: Super Rain Shadow, Heavy Mountain Precipitation, and the Truth About the Texas Cold Wave
  8. The Progressive Decline and Politicization Of Public Radio Station KNKX
  9. Is the Texas Cold Wave Caused By Global Warming?
  10. Big Flakes and Little Flakes During the Weekend Snow. Why?
  11. The Third Act in the Snow Drama. Plus Freezing Rain Around Portland
  12. Snowstorm Tonight
  13. New Podcast on Weekend Snow
  14. The Snow Forecast Update
  15. A Major Snowstorm in Several Acts
  16. A Major Lowland Snowstorm over Western Washington is Highly Likely
  17. Very Cold Air Coming to the Northwest, But Will There Be Lowland Snow?
  18. Convergence Zone Snow Tonight and Major Lowland Snow Event Possible Later this Week
  19. New Podcast on Season's Coldest Air, the Potential for Snow, and the Truth About the Pacific Data Void
  20. The Beauty of SuperRex
  21. Running Out of Time For Lowland Snow West of the Cascade Crest

January 2021

  1. The Extreme Protection of the Rocky Mountains
  2. New Podcast: The Weekend Weather and the Most Dangerous Weather Phenomenon of the Northwest: Roadway Icing
  3. The Blob is Weakening
  4. Political Violence is Always Destructive: My August Blog Revisited
  5. Dry Snow-Eater Winds over Puget Sound
  6. The Wednesday Snow Event Will Be On the "Wrong" Side of Our Mountains Plus the Upcoming California Deluge
  7. A Mini-Hurricane Hits the Washington Coast
  8. New Podcast: Weekend Forecast, Snow Update, and a Look at Western Washington Snowstorms
  9. Snow Update
  10. Colder Air and Limited Lowland Snow Ahead
  11. The Stratosphere Has Warmed Profoundly This Month. What are the Implications?
  12. New Podcast: Upcoming Cold and Potential Snow, and Why Did Wednesday's Storm Forecast Go Wrong?
  13. Intense, But Small Low Pressure System and Strong Front Brings Extensive Power Outages around Western WA
  14. Heavy Precipitation and the Mid-Winter Water Update for Our Region
  15. A Strong Atmosphere River Approaches
  16. Major Atmospheric River Coming, A Good Weekend, Big Waves, and My New Podcast is Online
  17. North Pacific "Hurricanes"
  18. The Amazing Collapsing Cold Front and the Narrow Cold Frontal Rainband
  19. An Intense Front, Strong Winds, Heavy Precipitation, Flooding and Big Waves: The Northwest Will Be Hit By Everything
  20. New Podcast is Out. New Year's Weather and Why are There Wind Gusts?

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December 2020

  1. National Weather Service Weather Radar Disaster
  2. Aloha Moisture Approaching the Northwest
  3. The January Snow Outlook
  4. Solstice Wind Storm in Leavenworth, Washington
  5. Frost and Freezing Fog: Drive/Walk Carefully
  6. Now a Serious Flooding Threat in Central Puget Sound
  7. Superfront Brings Snow to Western Washington in Unusual Conditions
  8. The Upcoming Lowland Snow Event on Monday
  9. New Podcast: The Holiday Week Weather Forecast and the Inside Story on the Northeast Snowstorms
  10. Knowing About Rainshadows to Find Sunshine on These Dark Days
  11. Dry Conditions over California: What Will be the Impacts?
  12. Snowpack has slid a bit, but substantial Northwest snowfall is ahead
  13. New Podcast: A Deep Dive into La Nina's Effects on Our Winter Weather PLUS the Weekend Forecast
  14. A Strengthening La Nina: What Does That This Imply for Our Upcoming Winter?
  15. What are the Secrets to Identifying Clouds? Part I
  16. The Sunniest Post Thanksgiving Period in Many Years. Records Broken.
  17. Why do Temperatures Sometime Warm with Height? Inversions Explained. Plus the Weekend Forecast!
  18. U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction is Crippled by the Division between NOAA and the Academic Community. But a Rare Opportunity Beckons.
  19. A Very Dry Week Ahead

November 2020

  1. When Dense Fog is a Sign of A Sunny Day Ahead
  2. New Podcast: Why is November the Stormiest Period of the Year and the Forecast for Next Week
  3. An Extraordinary Front And The Thanksgiving Day Forecast
  4. An Important Finding about the September Labor Day Wildfires
  5. Furnace Filters and Air Purifiers: Powerful Tools for Reducing the Risk of COVID-19
  6. Podcast: Major Windstorms of the Pacific Northwest and the Thanksgiving Week Forecast
  7. The Best Early Snow in Years
  8. KNKX, James Madison, and Mobs
  9. Bomb's Away: An Explosively Deepening Pacific Cyclone is Approaching Our Region
  10. A Meteorological "Bomb" Will Hit Northern Vancouver Island On Tuesday
  11. Heavy Snow and Tuesday's Offshore Low
  12. New Podcast of Wind, Snow and the Winter's Forecast
  13. Storm Approaches With High Winds South of Seattle and Heavy Snow in the Mountains
  14. Potential for a Major Storm on Friday Night/Saturday Morning
  15. Steam Fog Season
  16. My New Podcast is Out: Wind and Cooler Temperatures Ahead Plus Where Can You Get the Best Weather Forecast?
  17. Warm, Moist Air and Strong Winds over the Northwest
  18. A Rainbow Without Colors: The Rare Fog Bow is Seen in Seattle

October 2020

  1. Tonight! A Rare Blue, Micro-moon on Halloween!
  2. New Podcast: The Election Week Forecast and Why Hurricanes Avoid the Northwest
  3. When is the foggiest time of the year in the Northwest?
  4. The Election Day Weather Forecast: Who Will it Favor?
  5. Frost, Record-Breaking Cold Temperatures, and Strange Weather Features
  6. New Podcast: Cold, Wind, and Snow this Weekend, Plus the Secret of Western Washington Snow Events
  7. Strong Winds, Cold Air and Mountain Snows Ahead
  8. Lowland Snow and Bountiful Mountain Snows: Is this Really Mid-October?
  9. What Will Northwest Weather and Climate Be Like in 2050?
  10. New Podcast: Friday Wind, Showery Weekend and the Revenge of the Blob
  11. Our Mornings Have Been Warm: Blame the Blob!
  12. The Moclips Tornado and the Intense Front that Spawned It
  13. First Snow of the Season, Followed by a Pacific Cyclone
  14. New Podcast: Stormy Weather and the Jet Stream
  15. Smoke Returns and the Fog Stays
  16. Grass Fires Not Forest Fires Dominated Washington State in 2020: What Does That Imply Regarding Global Warming?
  17. Is Wildfire Smoke Making Our Fog More Persistent?
  18. New Podcast: Fog and Smoke, and the Latest Forecast
  19. KNKX and the Undermining of American Democracy

September 2020

  1. Smoke and the Reddened Sun is Back
  2. Smoke is Approaching and Will Settle In Tomorrow over Washington State
  3. Smoke is Coming Back to the Pacific Northwest
  4. Bird Migration Alert, Huge Ridge Ahead, and my 101 Course
  5. New Podcast on the Latest Forecast and Atmospheric RIvers
  6. Potent Atmospheric River Will Provide A Wet Friday Morning for the Region
  7. Heavy Rain and the Beginning of Autumn
  8. Did Global Warming Play A Significant Role in the Recent Northwest Wildfires?
  9. Finally.... Smoke Relief for the Northwest
  10. New Podcast: The End of the Smoke Situation and Why is Smoke Prediction so Hard?
  11. The Extraordinary Longevity of Wildfire Smoke
  12. The End is in Sight
  13. Why the Smoke Situation Isn't Improving and Situation Update
  14. Much More Pessimistic Air Quality Outlook and Model Problems
  15. How Often Does Visibility Go to Zero?
  16. Smoke Has Caused Temperature Forecasts to Go Crazy Plus An Update
  17. The Smoke Forecast and Its Extreme Variations
  18. New Podcast: Smoke and Fire, Plus the Weekend Forecast
  19. Major Air Quality Threat For Puget Sound Sound and Western Washington
  20. Fire and Smoke Update
  21. The Feared Outcome Occurs: Major Wildfire on the Western Side of the Cascades
  22. Incredible Imagery and Smoke Reaches the West Side
  23. Multiple Fires Ignited, Major Dust Storm Develops, Tens of Thousands Out of Power, and I-90/US 2 Closed By Winds in Eastern Washington
  24. Major Fire Exploded with the Winds: Most Serous Threat Yet to Come
  25. Extreme Wildfire Potential for Western Oregon and Washington
  26. My New Weather Podcast! Listen Now!
  27. Wildfire Smoke Heading for Washington State
  28. A Dry End of Summer

August 2020

  1. The Lessons of Hurricane Laura for the Northwest
  2. Morning Weather Discussion: Corrected
  3. Hurricane Laura and the Wind Speed Dilemma
  4. California Wildfires and the Lightning Siege: How Unusual Is It?
  5. Fog UFO Spotted in the Strait of Juan De Fuca!
  6. Friday Morning Weather Discussion
  7. Record Breaking Moisture over the Region
  8. A lightning barrage puts the western U.S. on fire
  9. Extreme Beauty and Extreme Temperatures
  10. Extreme Heat Followed by Showers and Thunderstorms
  11. Puget Sound's Unknown Air Conditioner Has Turned On
  12. Regional Heat Wave and My Weather Discussion
  13. Cancel Culture at KNKX
  14. Strange Aspects of Local Sea Surface Temperatures Plus the Blob Returns
  15. Upcoming La Nina Winter: Cooler and Wetter than Normal
  16. Seattle: A City in Fear Can Be Restored
  17. Rain During the Driest Time of the Year
  18. U.S. Navy Weather and Ocean Prediction: A Conversation with Rear Admiral John Okon
  19. Benign Wildfire Year in Washington State

July 2020

  1. Smoke Reaches the Northwest, High Temps in Eastern WA, and Marine Air is Poised to Move In
  2. Extreme Heat and Super Heat Low in Eastern Washington
  3. Mid-90s Today and Significant Wildfire Threat in Eastern Washington
  4. Hurricane Douglas Hits Hawaii
  5. Heat Wave Coming to the Northwest
  6. Cutting the Seattle Police Budget in Half is Both Reckless and Irresponsible
  7. The Longest Shadows in the U.S.?
  8. Why is staying so warm tonight?
  9. The Hidden Beauty of Atmospheric Water Vapor
  10. Tonight is perhaps the best night yet to see Comet Neowise
  11. Why does the Northwest get crazy dry at the end of July?
  12. Tonight will be Optimal for Viewing Comet Neowise
  13. Is Air Conditioning Contributing to Coronavirus Spread?
  14. Watching Comet Neowise at 3:30 AM
  15. A Cold Start for the Summer Season
  16. The Jury is In: Personal Fireworks Alone Can Cause Dangerous Air Pollution
  17. Weather Forecasting is Fifty Years Ahead of Epidemiological Prediction: That Must Change
  18. A Dark Month for Seattle
  19. The Safety of Outdoor Air for Coronavirus Is Now Obvious

June 2020

  1. A Big Fireworks Pollution Question Will Be Answered Next Weekend
  2. The Radar Shows Heavy Rain Offshore Without Clouds: How Can That Be?
  3. A Wet British Columbia is Good for Washington State
  4. The Real Victim of Trump’s Sharpiegate: NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs
  5. Amazing Noctilucent Clouds
  6. Beware of Crazy Snowpack Percentages!
  7. Finally Some Warm/Dry Weather But Then the Weekend Curse Returns
  8. Fierce Convergence Zone Clouds and Torrential Rain
  9. Are Weekends Wetter than Weekdays?
  10. Protests Reveal Little Threat of COVID-19 in Outside Air: Why Is Seattle Still Restricting Park Access?
  11. The Upcoming Wildfire Season: Near Normal Conditions Should Prevail
  12. More Thunderstorms and Showers Today, But Nothing Like Last Week
  13. The Highest Cloud Tops in Many Years for Western Washington
  14. The Darkest Late May Day in Twenty Years

May 2020

  1. The Main Act is About to Begin, But Lack of Radar Coverage is a Problem
  2. All Hell is About to Break Out
  3. Severe Thunderstorm Potential for Washington State
  4. Stunning Satellite Image on a Nearly Clear Day
  5. Washington State Lacks a Rational Coronavirus Testing Approach: Can We Follow Oregon's Lead?
  6. What is the streamflow outlook for this summer?
  7. What is the difference between partly sunny and partly cloudy?
  8. The BLOB is Back! And it is Affecting our Weather!
  9. What were the local weather impacts of the eruption of Mount St. Helens?
  10. Why are clouds afraid of Puget Sound and Lake Chelan?
  11. Snowpack, Streamflow and Water Resources This Summer
  12. Seattle Parks without Parking, Washington Beaches without Beachcombers
  13. Why did the temperatures stay so warm last night?
  14. Stairway to Meteorological Heaven for the Northwest
  15. Lightning in the Cascade Foothills and Snow in the Mountains
  16. Heat Wave over the Northwest, Cold Wave over the Northeast
  17. Forecasting Bird Migration with Weather Radar and Models

April 2020

  1. Not All Olympic Convergence Zones Are Located over Puget Sound
  2. Still Flying Blind: Can Meteorologists Help Epidemiologists with Coronavirus?
  3. Is Atmospheric CO2 Declining from the Covid Economic Collapse?
  4. Two Strong Fronts Are Approaching
  5. April Showers Return
  6. Aurora Last Night
  7. Why Outside Air is Safe and Park Closures Should End
  8. A Very Dry April with Extraordinary High Pollen Levels: But Change is Coming
  9. A Dry Storm is Hitting the Northwest
  10. A New Discovery? The Chehalis River Fog Jet
  11. Sea Breeze Season Begins in the Northwest
  12. Super Spring Weather Ahead
  13. Amazing Supermoon Out Tonight!
  14. Flying Blind on Coronavirus: Why Random Testing is so Important.
  15. A Dry Five Days, With Welcome Warming, Thanks To Omega
  16. It's Bizarre: March was Colder than January In Seattle
  17. A Weak Tornado Hits Richland

March 2020

  1. Cold Air Blast and a Few Snowflakes in Western Washington
  2. An Encouraging Weather Forecast
  3. Will the Coronavirus Outbreak Affect Weather Forecasting?
  4. Weather Discussion Online!
  5. Amazing Rainier Mountain Wave Video On BING
  6. Is the Air Quality Better This Week Because of the Closures?
  7. Temperature Forecasts, Cherry Blossoms and Covid-19
  8. Kona Low Hits Hawaii with Heavy Rain and Tornado Warnings
  9. The Weather Sensitivity of the Coronavirus: Good News in the Long-Term?
  10. Washington State Leadership in Dealing With Coronavirus
  11. Cold Air and Snow Moving into the Northwest
  12. Panic and the Coronavirus: Is There is Better Approach?
  13. A Cold Wave and Some Lowland Snow Will Hit the Northwest Starting Friday
  14. The Beauty and Subtleties of Today's Weather
  15. Western Washington is Not Done With Cold and Snow
  16. Weather Radar Shows Spring Bird Migration
  17. Northwest Pollen Levels Rise, But Rain Keeps it Down
  18. Northwest Weather Workshop, May 1-2: The Main Session will be on Agricultural Meteorology
  19. Snow in the Mountains, A Touch of Snow in the Lowlands, and A Question about the Coronavirus

February 2020

  1. Batten Down the Hatches! A Strong Front is Now Making Landfall
  2. Dust Storm Season Begins in Eastern Washington and Oregon
  3. Why Should the U.S. Be the Leader in Numerical Weather Prediction?
  4. Strong Winds and Heavy Mountain Snows Today
  5. Stunning Lenticular Clouds Downstream of Mount Rainier
  6. Why is Meteorological Spring Earlier on the West Coast Than For Much of the Nation?
  7. A Midwinter Subtlety of Puget Sound Weather
  8. U.S. Operational Weather Prediction is Crippled By Inadequate Computer Resources
  9. A Weak El Nino Transitioning to La Nada
  10. Extremely Favorable Water Supply Outlook for this Summer
  11. The Record Breaking Blue Mountain Flooding of February 6-8, 2020
  12. Smartphone Weather Apps. Can You Trust Them?
  13. Amazing Murk, Very Wet on the Cascade Slopes, and an Unusual Atmospheric River
  14. It's Snowing!
  15. A Wild Tuesday Ahead: Snow Showers Followed by Heavy Rain, Warm Temperatures and Wind
  16. Cold Air is Surging Into the the Northwest

January 2020

  1. Heavy Mountain Rain, River Flooding, and Then a Major Cool-down
  2. The Western Washington Swamp
  3. The Future of U.S. Weather Prediction Will Be Decided During the Next Month
  4. Super RainShadow
  5. Tornado Warning on the Washington Coast, Tornado on the Oregon Coast
  6. Crazy Temperature Spikes in Bellingham
  7. Why Were the Snow Forecasts So Challenging During the Past Week?
  8. Huge Increase in Northwest Snowpack and Water Resources
  9. Serious Snow Threat Tonight for Puget Sound (and a lot more)
  10. Another Snow Event Tonight
  11. Convergence Zone snow
  12. Snow is Coming Today to Western Washington, But Not Too Much for Most
  13. The Detailed Snow Forecast for Sunday and Monday
  14. The Coldest Air in Years Will Hit Western Washington
  15. Snow Update
  16. The Lowland Snow Threat
  17. Massive Snowfall and Heavy Precipitation Will Pummel the Cascades This Week
  18. Flash Heat Wave Hits the Puget Sound Region
  19. The Meteorology of the Tumbleweed Storm. Plus, The Ukrainian Connection
  20. The Space Needle Fireworks Dilemma

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