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That June Clouds & Sunbreaks Dance

That June Clouds & Sunbreaks Dance

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Hi Friends! Well, I think we’ve all had a chance to draw a weather number we can settle on this week, perhaps! Western Washington has managed a pretty wide variety of weather so far, and it’s barely even mid-week. You can check off the list: warm weather, rain, cool weather, wind at times (mainly during Sunday’s cold front passage), thunderstorms with lots of lighting, fog, sun, clouds….you name it, we probably managed it, save for some really severe weather, which…

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Western Washington Forecast – June 5th, 2018

Western Washington Forecast – June 5th, 2018

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Happy Tuesday, friends! We’re starting into a (somewhat brief) pattern of warmer and brighter weather, for the next couple of days. A few areas, mainly the coast and north, are seeing some light rainfall this morning and will see showers taper this afternoon thanks to a weak system brushing the coastline, but overall the clouds are thinning the further south and east you go. Sun fans, enjoy the next two days, because the weekend is looking a little bit damp…

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Heading Into June – Forecast Update

Heading Into June – Forecast Update

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We seem to be stuck in a relatively consistent pattern of clouds, sun, clouds, sun here in Western Washington. It’s been quite pleasant for the most part, unless you’re a fan of rain. For those of you rain fans, there have been a few popup light rain showers roaming around the area this evening, and that will continue for the near term, although any precipitation that does happen to eke out of the clouds will be minimal and likely not…

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Pacific Northwest Wildfires in Recent Years & Looking Forward to Fire Season 2018

Pacific Northwest Wildfires in Recent Years & Looking Forward to Fire Season 2018

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Over the past decade, summer temperatures have begun to increase and wildfires have drastically consumed more and more acreage across the Pacific Northwest. We have seen unprecedented burns and in 2017, widespread smoke events like we have not seen in prior years. Within the past 5 years, we have seen our biggest wildfire season ever in Washington state, in terms of acreage burned. 2015 saw 1,137,664 total acres burned across the state, the largest amount of acres burned in recorded…

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Forecast Uncertainty – What’s the Big Deal?

Forecast Uncertainty – What’s the Big Deal?

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I do apologize that it has taken me so long to get this blog out. It’s been a bit of a project for me because I’ve been looking at this from a lot of different angles, various opinions, and also looking back at situations where uncertain forecasts came into play.  We talked a little bit about forecast uncertainty in snow forecasts in the last two blogs I posted in regards to Winter Storm Maya, but this blog will be a…

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Superbowl Sunday Snow?

Superbowl Sunday Snow?

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As you’ve probably seen over the last few days on TV and across social media, we do the dance with snowfall potential starting midday Superbowl Sunday, and it continues through midweek. The purpose of this blog is to break down the possibilities, and explain the how’s/why’s/what’s about the forecast. Let’s start by saying that this is one of the most difficult forecasts many of us have ever seen. There are so many factors that go into potential snow events like…

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