Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Fog and Fox

There's more fog in autumn because of...

* Longer nights, allowing more time for the air to cool to saturation (the dew point)
* Relatively clear skies, since the storm season has not arrived yet. Clear skies allows infrared radiation to escape, causing more cooling.
* A relatively stable atmosphere, and fog loves stability.

Also, Fox News is dumb.

Also also, my new segment on KPLU starts Friday at 9 AM.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Not-so-dry Seattle (soon)

Big ups to the new coastal radar for the heads up: much of the region should see significant rain in the next 24hrs. Thank you Coastdar!

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Thursday, August 18, 2011

A letter

Dear Global Warming Skeptics,

HUMANS EJECT WAY MORE CO2 INTO THE ATMOSPHERE THAN VOLCANOS, EVEN DURING MAJOR VOLCANO YEARS.

Love,
Cliffy

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/08/bogus-arguments-of-some-global-warming.html

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Warmer than usual weather coming up

But what is "usual" anyway?

PS: our lack of hot weather this summer has been due to a lack of "thermal troughs", when warm air rises creating lower pressure near the ground.

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/08/upcoming-week-and-what-have-we-been.html

Back on the radio

I'll be back on the radio, starting Sept 2. On KPLU, you know that public radio station that didn't screw me over?

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-weather-segment-is-back-on-public.html

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Good news

I just saved 15% on my car insurance! Oh, and the new coastal radar was turned on and we have received some of the first images.

See one of them here:
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-chapter-in-pacific-northwest.html

Friday, August 5, 2011

Aurora Borealis Tonight!

It's not just the name of some hip band, there will actually be an aurora around here tonight. There's no cover charge at the door, but you just need to find a place without clouds. Try Eastern Washington, or 3000+ ft up.