Weather-X

There has been a lot of press coverage of late about the successful commercial space venture Space-X.   This private sector effort was able ...

Ocean Full of Clouds

Sometimes during springtime one looks at the visible satellite imagery over the eastern Pacific and can't help but be impressed that nea...

Troubles at the National Weather Service

The last few weeks have brought hard times to the National Weather Service.  A number of media outlets have reported on apparent spending ir...

Seasonal Precipitation Surprises

You ask any resident of Washington, Oregon, or California:   when is the wettest time of the year?    Without hesitation they will answer:  ...

Depressing But True

 The May climatological numbers are in and the contiguous U.S. has had its second warmest may on record.  But guess what region did not shar...

Coastal Clouds

Yesterday I told people who wanted to view the transit of Venus along the coast to go as close to the water as possible...why? There is ofte...

Last Venus Transit Update

If you are near Seattle, head to the two oval areas...downstream of the mountains of Vancouver Island or the Olympics.   Cloud free conditio...