A conversation with Seattle
But the big weather news is that Seattle is about to, in KOMO’s Scott Sistek’s words, “obliterate its record for all-time warmest nighttime lows in a month.” Continue reading Seattle Loses Its Cool with All-Time-High Lows
It should all turn around for Seafair weekend, though — hydro races and air show fans can expect to see highs around 80 degrees both days, or so claim the emotionless algorithms at UW’s Probcast. Continue reading Seattle Man: “Who Turned Off the Sun?”
It may seem difficult to credit, at the downstream end of the atmospheric river we’ve been paddling through this week, but by Friday afternoon, summer is going to break out all over. The mercury should raise to 80, but that’s just a warm-up to the warm-up. Continue reading The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow, Seattle!
Essentially, the clouds help keep a lid on the solar energy that arrives. Explains Mass: “On partly cloudy days, we have periods with breaks in the clouds when you get direct solar radiation from the sun. But you ALSO get solar radiation that is reflected off nearby clouds…solar radiation that is not getting to someone else because the cloud is intercepting it.” Continue reading In Solar-Power Surprise, Clouds Can Raise Energy Output
Mass & McDermott sounds like it could be an ABC odd-couple crime show from the ’80s — who didn’t love the hijinks of Hardcastle & McCormick? — but in fact the duo here are meteorologists pushing for better math curricula in Seattle’s public schools. Continue reading Seattle’s Meteorologist “Math Squad” Pushes for Better Math Textbooks
Today, the National Weather service predicts a high of 68 degrees. Next Wednesday, the National Weather Service predicts a high of 68 degrees. But in between…Saturday: 74. (“They are a conservative lot down there,” says Cliff Mass.) Sunday and Monday should reach the upper 70s, maybe even 80. Continue reading For Next Five Days, Enjoy Summer in Springtime, Seattle
BNSF Railway Spokesperson Gus Melonas has blamed the mudslide epidemic on “extremely rainy conditions” — but, Mass says, not so fast with that “extremely”: “If we go back 6 months, the region around Everett stands out more, reaching 130-150 percent of normal [precipitation]. Yes, a bit wet, but I suspect we could find other periods to equal it.” Continue reading Trying to Reason With Mudslide Season