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Seattle Loses Its Cool with All-Time-High Lows

Michael van Baker — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:57:55 +0000

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."

Getting a Bead on Our Improbable Weather

Michael van Baker — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:47:01 +0000

Cliff Mass references a UW study, led by psychology professor Susan Joslyn, that found that people struggle with what the probability expressed in a "75 percent chance of rain" applies to. It's a statement that makes much more sense if you realize that weather prediction happens on a computer these days -- it's not a guesstimate.

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."

A Less Rainy Winter Forecast Doesn’t Rule Out Big Storms

Michael van Baker — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:05:04 +0000

The trend is for a weak El Niño winter, or even a neutral winter, and that "indicates an increased likelihood of below-median precipitation for the Pacific Northwest." A wildcard, they say, is the Arctic Oscillation, which could cool things off...or not.