Year: 2012

  • Flurries likely – Weather Sation coming home – no Tsunami

    The winds are shifting to the Northwest. In fact there is a Gale warning in effect for the South part of the West Coast with gales up to 30knots today. Brrrr. We were zero here in the Valley this morning. Any precipitation that falls is likely to be white or at least slushy. Luckily, the…

  • Neutral Pacific and the “S” word

    First an update on El Niño, or the lack thereof. The latest EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) report is out from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center. Their observation: During November 2012, the Pacific Ocean reflected ENSO-neutral conditions. …it is considered unlikely that a fully coupled El Niño will develop during the next several months. ENSO-neutral is…

  • Starry morning sky

    A quick update for star gazers since the skies are relatively clear this morning, if you look to the East towards Mt. Arrowsmith you should see some bright stars. On top is Saturn, a little bit below and to the left is Venus (which may be hidden behind the mountain) and if we could actually…

  • Updated: New view of not-so-heavy rains

    Update: Eagle Eyed commenter monty noticed a big error I made in interpretating the graphics below. They are in 100ths of an inch! not mm. Doh!… I have updated, and included appropriate conversions. What the heck is an .05/100ths of an inch anyway?? THe graphics are still pretty… but mixed units? Fail. It’s always fun…

  • Warm wind for the next 5 days – Important Climate study update

    The rain will continue, as will the warm winds until at least Tuesday and possibly Thursday. Mt. Washington is open starting today with a 100cm base.. If you can’t wait to get up the mountain this weekend make sure you are prepared for whiteout conditions. The snow will be fresh, and flying! In other news:…