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And Now, KOMO’s Scott Sistek on Northwest Weather, Coastal Radar & Microclimates

Michael van Baker — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:20:51 +0000

"Seattle has dozens of microclimates and I'd say we challenge San Francisco as far as number, only ours aren't quite as stark. However, San Francisco cheats a bit in that their population spreads out further."

Cantwell: Coastal Doppler Radar “Fully Operational” Rebels Within Grasp

Michael van Baker — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:49:19 +0000

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is the main reason that Washington (the state) has a new coastal Doppler weather radar station, and a year ahead of schedule at that, so she took pride of place at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Langley Hill in Grays Harbor on Thursday. Cantwell managed to geese an unneeded Air Force NEXRAD radar from Keesler Air Force Base, which meant we didn't have to wait for a new radar to be built, and shaved nearly $3 million from the projected cost, to boot.

Who Wants to Look at the New Weather Radar? No Pushing.

Michael van Baker — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:54:06 +0000

It's an early Christmas for Cliff Mass and area meteorologists, as Washington's new coastal radar system has come online a little in advance of its official debut on September 30, 2011. How much of a difference could there be? Quite a lot, it turns out.