Strong Winds in the Gorge and Cascade Gaps

Although it is practically calm here in Seattle, the winds are blasting in the western portions of the Columbia Gorge and on the western slo...

Los Angeles Rain Wimps

Last year, a number of Los Angeles residents and their media representatives were happy to accuse us of being snow wimps.  Here is the proof...

A Hard Freeze and Modified Arctic Air Hits the Northwest

The air felt very different today.  Colder, drier and without a cloud in the sky.  And it was different, as we switched the  air mass over...

Coastal Ocean Acidification: Answering the Seattle TImes

A few weeks ago, I blogged about the Seattle Times series on coastal ocean acidification , which dealt with supposedly “lethal,” “corrosive”...

Super Olympic Rain Shadow

Friday was a day of contrasts:  while the windward side of the Olympics were being slammed with several inches of precipitation at lower ele...

Heavy Snow in the Mountains and Arctic Air Teases the Northwest

When will skiing begin in the Washington Cascades?  Is there a possibility for Thanksgiving skiing, at least on the cross country trails?  Y...