Category: Cold
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A little bit of everything
Major mixed bag coming this week. Showers today, rain tonight and tomorrow possible sunny breaks and chilly air on Wednesday then back to shower with possible flurries on Thursday… Rinse and repeat. The European model is showing a steady pattern with high pressure over the North Pacific and low pressure systems sliding down the East…
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Snow Sunday 8AM?
The University of Washington forecast model has been very persistent and consistent in calling for light snow (no more than an inch) to fall Sunday. The call continues today. The snow is brief. It passes through and to the south quickly. Here is the 12km forecast for snowfall for the hour of 7AM to 8AM…
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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…
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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…
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Rain, wind then dry weekend
Another short update: There will be more rain and likely some wind coming tonight before we get a chance to dry out on the weekend. I will have a more detailed update this afternoon or tomorrow.