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Yosemite Smoke Affects the Northwest and the Rest of the U.S. 27 Aug 2013 | 09:33 am
The huge and expanding RIM fire near Yosemite Park is now at 161,000 acres and expanding rapidly. Although there is a lot of talk about the local effects of the fire on Yosemite Park activities and t...
Summer is NOT over yet! 25 Aug 2013 | 07:29 am
The return of some clouds and showers to the Northwest has induced some wringing of hands: is our wonderfully warm and dry summer over? The answer is decidedly no. The forecast models suggest that ...
Coastal Complaints 23 Aug 2013 | 10:38 am
There have been a steady stream of complaints by those living or vacationing on the Washington and Oregon coasts. While the interior of western Oregon and Washington have had what probably has been t...
Extreme Temperatures in Oregon: The Seneca Oddity 21 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
Seneca, Oregon, located in the high plateau of eastern Oregon, has some amazing temperature extremes. Consider July 21 of this year. The low that morning was 30F--below freezing. The high that day...
Chemtrails versus Contrails: Do Conspiracy Theories Make Sense? 18 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm
Several times a month I get an email about chemtrails: the belief by some folks that white lines in the sky are the result of a secret U.S. government program to alter the climate of the planet (also...
Super Sticky 16 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
I have heard a number of complaints the last two days about the unusually humid conditions that have settled in over the region, particularly west of the Cascade crest. Folks around here are not used...
The First Autumn Weather Arrives in the Northwest 14 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
It often happens the second or third week of August. After weeks of dry, warm weather or perhaps some summertime thunderstorms, that first Pacific frontal system of the season with substantial clou...
Heavy Thunderstorm Rain Closes State Route 20 13 Aug 2013 | 08:55 am
The eastern slopes of the Cascades are susceptible to very heavy thunderstorm rains during the summer and on Saturday night it happened again. On Friday through Sunday, the region was covered by a mo...
Thunderfest 11 Aug 2013 | 10:02 am
Last night brought substantial lightning, thunder, and showers as a band of convection moved northward across Washington. As I will discuss later, these thunderstorms are associated with a upper leve...
The Smell of Rain 9 Aug 2013 | 04:28 am
It's summer and it hasn't rained in a long time. Then the first shower occurs and you notice THAT SMELL, particularly near concrete or roadways. How do I describe it? Sweet, musty? A smell that ...
