Weather reports on whatever I decide to report on.
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 […]
This post will be brief, but I wanted to give an update as there has been a change in our forecast. The freezing rain that does develop should be isolated with light accumulations, if any, but may impact drivers Wednesday morning. As rain moves across the Cascades and into the Yakima Valley, some areas around […]
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 […]
Areas of fog and freezing fog are expected through Friday and with it little change in daily temperature for those who are stuck in it. Those out of the fog and low clouds can expect mostly sunny conditions Thursday and increasing clouds Friday, with warmer conditions. This is similar to the past couple days and […]
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 […]
There is still quite a bit of uncertainty surrounding the low-pressure system that is expected to approach the Oregon and Northern California Coast on Tuesday. What isn’t uncertain, though, is how strong this thing is going to be. The National Weather Service (NWS) has Hurricane Force Wind Warnings for a wide area of the Pacific […]
Note: The data presented in this post is accurate as of midday Wednesday. Snowflakes in weather apps present an annual struggle for meteorologists and weather enthusiasts. Last night, a friend of mine texted me showing exactly that – a major weather app with snow in the forecast for the Tri-Cities. Before we get too deep, […]
Note: This post talks about official forecasts for this winter and is the final part of my series on my thoughts for the upcoming winter. Other posts in this series can be found here. HOW THE FORECAST WORKS Before we look at long-range forecasts from the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) and Environment Canada, it is important […]
Note: This post talks about previous years that had some similarities to our current situation and is part of a series on my thoughts for the upcoming winter. Other posts in this series can be found here. ANALOG YEARS Looking at analog years goes deeper than looking at the Blob and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. […]