Rebecca Stevenson's Weather Blog
Partial solar eclipse set for Sunday in Washington
When the moon passes in between the sun and the earth Sunday it will create an annular eclipse, the first one since 1994. For western Washington the eclipse will be partial. Click here to see what it will look like for our area (note: requires Flash). The entire ...
May 2012 Record Rain
May 3rd Record Rain for western Washington AND a winter weather Advisory for the Cascades. Mt. Rainier at Paradise had 7" new snow before the five p.m. hour. At 8 p.m. Thursday night, May 3rd, Sea-Tac has .62" of rain in the gauge breaking the old record of .59" set ...
Not Just a State of Mind
March 2012 has been recorded as the warmest March on record in the United States since records were kept beginning in 1895. If you live in Washington state that probably doesn't sound accurate...until you see the map of data released by NOAA for the month of March. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/maps.php?ts=1&year=2012&month=3&imgs%5b%5d=Statewidetrank&submitted=Submit It's strange ...
10 Days of Winter
In 10 days the Pacific Northwest has endured snow storms, near record cold, a rare Ice Storm, heavy rain, and powerful winds and minor flooding. From January 14, to January 24, 2012 western Washington NWS storm spotters reported impressive snow, ice and wind. The following is a summary with a ...
Disarmingly Dry and Chillingly Cool
2011 had a notorious cold and wet Spring but the finish will be on the drier side and probably not as good as the fine wines that the Horse Heaven Hills will produce for the year. December is almost half way over and it has gone down as the driest ...
A Cold Average of 2011
Did the weather make it difficult to get things done this year or did it make it easier to accomplish indoor jobs? One thing is for certain, 2011 felt like a long, cool stretch. Out of the last 11 months and 8 days, the average monthly high temperature was at ...
Crushing High Pressure Record
Crushing pressure intensifies the climate change debate! This week, thanks to research at University of Washington Atmospheric Science Dept, it was discovered that atmospheric pressure recorded Wednesday night, November 30th, 2011 was a record that broke all kept since 1948. Here is the data courtesy of Neal Johnson and Cliff Mass at ...
Thanksgiving Week Storms
What is historically a stormy week is shaping up to keep the reputation. A very strong storm that brings 24 to 30 hours of wind to the Washington coast is arriving Monday night and winds will continue through early Tuesday before gradually easing. It is a center of low pressure ...
Round One November Storm Round Two Saturday
Weather Headline: Storm Drains Will Be Filling With Leaves As More Rain & Breezy Winds Arrive Saturday. Friday Storm Notes: A much colder airmass blasted into WWA Friday- Mount Baker received a foot of snow by 4pm and then snow tapered to showers for that area. Snow levels fell to Snoqualmie ...
Watching Weather & Volunteering
Do you have exceptional weather in your neighborhood? If you tend to get wild weather when everyone else gets the norm, you should report it! You can be a great help to National Weather Service and all other weather buffs in western Washington by teaming up with CoCoRaHs. That's the ...
First Mountain Snow of 2011
Prepare for a stretch of active weather Wednesday night through Friday, November 11th. Our fall/winter weather has been slowly gearing up and giving several sunny October days while teasing us with temporary chill. Wednesday night a cold front will sweep western Washington with rain. The front is bringing in a ...
La Nina for Seattle 2011-2012
It's official, the Climate Prediction Center has a La Nina Advisory in place for winter of 2011/2012. What it means for the Pacific Northwest will be a trend towards wetter and cooler than average weather. There has been an increasing amount of research on the atmospheric impact of changing sea surface ...
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