A very normal situation

A weak disturbance* comes in later today, a stronger system on Friday, and believe it or not, a relatively dry New Year's weekend is ahead.

* in The Force

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/12/subtropical-moisture-record-lost-and.html

"There is a lot to discuss"

CliffMassTLDR Rule #1: when someone dies as a result of the weather, we don't make any jokes.

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-day-storm.html

Stay safe out there and have a Happy Holidays!

Rain is coming

This horrible Northwest dry-spell is over, starting...tomorrow.

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/12/big-shift-in-our-weather.html

PS: Not all La Niña years are wet, just most of them.

The only time you'll see Western Washington as a Red State

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/12/drought.html

KHI

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in da house! You should next to me on an airplane flight. I can predict turbulence.

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/12/amazing-fog-pictures-and-inversions.html

Still Under Pressure

We'll be stuck in this high pressure, low clouds pattern for several more days, so you better get used to it. The high pressure is causing the sea level to drop, sometimes by almost 2 feet!

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/12/high-pressure-produces-low-sea-level.html

1 + 1 = 3

This just in: students taught how to do math perform better on math tests. Stay tuned for more breaking news.

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/12/seattles-math-secret-revealed.html

Under Pressure