Hi friends, It’s another hot one out there today, although the smoke aloft might limit our heating just a tad, allowing us to stay a a few degrees below the model-predicted highs for the day. So instead of really baking, we can just moderately bake. Not sure that’s really any better in exchange for smoky skies. 😕 Most areas will see the upper 80’s and the hottest spots will touch close to 90. Stay hydrated, limit your time in the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ever Wondered Why Rainier and Baker Occasionally Wear Cloud Hats? Lenticular Clouds above the Olympic Mountains, with Mount Constance in the center, it’s peak hidden behind the clouds. Living in the Seattle Metro area, perhaps you’ve seen Mount Rainier and Mount Baker don their cloud “hats” on occasion. This is a fun weather phenomenon that makes for some amazing cloud formations that occur above mountainous terrain, and occasionally in other places as well. Want to know about what causes these…
Very quick update, but I just wanted to make note of the fact that I added an Emergency and Severe Weather Preparedness page to the blog. The link can be found in the upper right hand corner of the site, or you can access it here: http://lbcweather.weathertogether.net/emergency-and-severe-storm-preparedness/ I hope that this is a valuable resource, and I will continue to add to it as and if I find more relevant information. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to…
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…
Let’s take a look at our recent winter storm, named Maya by The Weather Channel. As you may have read in my previous blog, this was quite possibly one of the most difficult snow forecasts, or really any forecast, that many of the meteorologists and those in the local weather community had ever seen. So many factors came into play with this particular set up, that even a one degree temperature difference would have meant cold rain instead of snow….
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…