Sea-Tac Heat

Roughly a year ago, I provided some evidence that the construction of the third Sea-Tac runway, with the ancillary taxiways and removal of a...

Want Warm Water--Get a Boat!

It is not unusual during summer to view a satellite image like the following, with a narrow sliver of low cloud along the  Northwest coast. ...

Midsummer Drought?

Your plants know it, and so will your water bills if you have a garden.  Over western Washington most places have not seen rain in roughly f...

Escaping the Lightning Bullet

The convective band is now passing through the region, and the strongest thunderstorms and most of the lightning passed offshore.  Little li...

New Wildfire Threat

The fires around Ellensburg and Cle Elum are now slowly being contained, with a huge assist from the heat wave west of the Cascades.  Ironic...

Can a major wildfire occur west of the Cascade crest?

 Friday AM Update: Weather-Related Fire Threat this Weekend Once the new runs come this morning, I will talk about the threat of lightning a...

Why a heat wave may slow down the Cle Elum fire

Wed Morning Update:  The pressure differences across the mountains have weakened and the winds of Ellensburg have died down.  Temperatures t...