The Climate Prediction Center, part of NOAA, released its Winter 2020 outlook Thursday morning, which shows that the Pacific Northwest has a chance to have a slightly cooler and wetter…
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Under the Weather: Another hurricane poised to strike the Gulf Coast while the rain train returns to the Pacific Northwest
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is on pace to be a record-breaking one, with the potential of outdoing 2005, a year featuring infamous storms such as Rita, Wilma, and Katrina….
Under the Weather: Uncertainty and weather forecasting in a chaotic system
Most of us, if not all of us, have seen a forecast graphic similar to the one pictured below. Temperatures are shown as specific numbers, such as 72° or 69°….
Under the Weather: A few more wet days, then we’re looking dry and warm
It has been a wet couple of days across Western Washington, with the first storm of fall really packing a punch. A combination of rain and wind swept across the…
Under the Weather: Fall storms get off to an early start with an atmospheric river
Autumn has only just begun, but we’re already expecting the stormy weather that we’re accustomed to seeing this time of year. On Wednesday, an atmospheric river is expected to…
Under the Weather: Meet your friendly neighborhood meteorologist, Kelsie Knowles
Hello everyone! My name is Kelsie Knowles, and I recently graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in meteorology. I will be writing a new column, Under the…