Weather reports on whatever I decide to report on.
The weather was fantastic this week across the entire Pacific Northwest! Sunny skies were the name of the game for the entire region – including both Seattle and Portland who had their first sunny days this year! Unfortunately, since the Tri-Cities lies in a basin, calm conditions also come with increased pollution. These conditions should […]
It felt like for a while earlier this month almost every single day was windy, but then it finally let up. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the wind is coming back! Of course, the wind isn’t all that bad – we need periodic weather systems to mix things up […]
Yes that’s right, we have a chance of snow in the Tri-Cities. The big weather story this week, though, will be cold temperatures. There’s been a lot of uncertainty surrounding what to expect this week, but it looks like the models have finally reached some sort of agreement on what we can look forward to. […]
It seems like every day for the past week has been breezy. This is thanks to repeated weather systems that have crossed over the Pacific Northwest every 24-36 hours for the last several days. While these haven’t been bringing much precipitation to the Tri-Cities, they have been providing rain to the west side as well […]
A cold front will move across the Pacific Northwest tonight, bringing a chance of rain showers. After it passes, we should see clearing skies here in the Tri-Cities and slightly cooler temperatures, but the biggest impact from this will be the wind. Winds are expected to increase somewhat as the front approaches the Columbia Basin […]
The average high for the start of January is right around 40°, with the low being about 28°. We can expect high temperatures to slowly decrease toward Sunday, starting off in the mid-50s and ending in the upper-40s. Lows will remain fairly steady in the mid- to upper-30s. This is thanks to repeated systems impacting […]
They say hindsight is always 2020. Well, since it is now 2020, let’s take advantage of it to take a look back at 2019! These weather events won’t necessarily be the most damaging, but they are the ones that caught my eye the most throughout the year. Here they are in chronological order: February/March – […]
A change of weather pattern is coming to the Pacific Northwest with a series of wet weather systems. This will bring a consistent chance of rain through Sunday, with the best chance being Thursday afternoon and evening. The west side of the Cascades stands to get soaked with this pattern. Some estimates have the Coast […]
Even though the system that brought us rain on Saturday helped to remove the inversion we had in place, dense fog developed across the region Sunday night and Monday morning. Our weather pattern stabilized briefly, but another shot at rain showers returns Tuesday as the first of a couple cold fronts reaches the coast. Unlike […]
Last week, my sister-in-law Emily asked me which we experience more often – a White Thanksgiving or a White Christmas. I was pretty sure I knew the answer, but I wanted to look it up to have some actual numbers before I told her something definitive. Figuring out information for Christmas is simple enough since […]