Several of you have asked me about my viewpoint on global warming and climate change. This podcast will outline my thoughts on this important subject and give you a bit of history and perspective ..read more

This week the weather will be near normal and relatively dry, but that changes radically over the weekend, as a strong Pacific low center moves in and sticks around in our area. I will briefly describe this situation before turning to a detailed analysis of the major smoke event that hit the East Coast, including an explanation of why global warming was only a minor player ..read more

Clouds way millions of pounds but stay in the sky.  I explain why.  And I provide an interesting forecast for a wet start to the weekend, followed by very dry conditions ..read more

Why is the air so dry inside these days?  I will explain why.  And I will give an updated forecast regarding the potential for snow over our region ..read more

This podcast starts with the forecast for the next week, with a very favorable forecast for Thanksgiving Day.   I then turn to talk about the winter weather of the Columbia Basin, describing the "cold pool" that develops in its lower elevations, bringing low clouds and icy conditions ..read more

La Nina conditions, with high pressure along the coast, will bring dry conditions to the Northwest for 7-9 days ..read more

During the past weeks, the Northwest has been locked in a cold, dry pattern--that will change on Saturday as warm/wet weather returns.  I will describe this change in the podcast and will discuss an interesting subtlety of our cold weather:  the often large air temperatures variations throughout the Puget Sound region.  Why do they occur?  You find out in this podcast ..read more

This podcast will provide a detailed discussion of the upcoming cold and snow event over the Northwest.  The mountains will be hit hard with as much as 1-2 feet and some of you in western Washington may see snowflakes if you are located in just the right place.....northern Seattle and Snohomish County in the Puget Sound convergence zone ..read more

This week, a highly skilled meteorological jury finished their deliberations:  Washington State has a new ALL-TIME maximum temperature record of 120F observed at Hanford on June 29th, 2021.   This podcast will describe how they made the determination and why that location was favored for such extreme warmth.  And I will provide the forecast for the next week, with a very favorable prediction for Saturday, and rain returning on Monday ..read more

The big weather story today is the freezing rain that is hitting the eastern U.S.  How and why does freezing rain occur?  Where the are freezing rain "hotspots" of the Pacific Northwest?  All will be revealed in my podcast.    And I will provide the forecast, which is particularly dry this time of the year ..read more