Thunderstorm Fest (Updated 12:30 PM)

We have had quite a bit of thunderstorm activity over the Northwest the past week and today is no different...in fact, there is continuous t...

Asian Fires and Fireworks Smoke Up the Northwest

In a previous blog I made the case that smoke from huge Asian wildfires was moving across the Pacific, greatly degrading air quality in Nort...

Why can't we forecast these thunderstorms?

Picture Courtesy of Adam Foster During the Early AM on July 9 Although meteorology has come a long way in the last few decades...there is at...

Asian Smoke Reaches the Pacific Northwest

In my previous blog I mentioned that I had been seeing smoke over our region both visually and in satellite pictures, but didn't have ti...

Smoke

It's subtle...but perhaps you noted some visibility degradation, particularly if you looked east towards the Cascades...I suspect is it ...

Darkest Before the Dawn

The fourth of July should be a decent day across the Northwest...and the trendline is positive towards dry conditions and normal or above-no...

FINALLY, True Summer Begins

It happens almost every year, and we sometimes lose faith that it will occur. The transition to meteorological summer in the Northwest.  Oft...