Drought No More My Son

We have almost completely made up the rainfall deficit of this summer in the last 2 weeks. Be careful, river flooding is possible.

Hurricane Sandy III

Hurricanes are powered by a warm core of air. Midlatitude storms are powered by a cold core of air. Monday night, Hurricane Sandy will transition to a cold core.

Hurricane Sandy II

Hurricane Sandy is shaping up to be quite a storm. Many models are converging to show Sandy making landfall in New England on Tuesday. Very dangerous - pay attention to the forecasts if you're going anywhere near the East Coast next week.

Hurricane Sandy

Some models suggest Hurricane Sandy will make landfall in New England. Some don't. Be prepared.

El Nino No More

Forecast is for neutral ENSO year. Higher odds for severe windstorms, snowstorms, floods - be prepared.

Water Funnels

Very nice photos of water funnel near Everett, thanks to Chris Evans. The funnels were apparent on radar between 4 & 4:15PM.

Snow in Mountains

Snow in the mountains & passes for a few days, along with cold temps & some wind. Next week - same.

Weather Balloons

Weather balloons reach around 100K feet (20 miles) in height before they burst.

Columbus Day Storm Book

Cliff really wants there to be a book (and movie!) about the Columbus Day Storm. Really, really excited.

Its Raining

Its finally raining and the radar is impressive. This week is expected to be more normal weather for this time of year - rainy and windy. Probably not as much rain as this weekend.

50th Anniversary of Columbus Day Storm

In 1962 there was a massive storm. Likely the biggest cyclone to hit the lower-48 this century. It was really, really windy, damaging, & 46 people died.

Summer SAD

Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder (SSAD) is a real thing. Also a thing we won't have to worry about after this weekend.

Rain cometh

Its likely to rain on Friday and Saturday. Not a ton, but some.

Debate Weather

Atmospheric pressure probably didn't affect Obama. Big temperature drop occurred during debate. Related? [TLDR Editor - I almost didn't bother with this one...]

First Cold Front

Cold front came through. It got cold. August-September was the driest on record at Seatac.

Visibility

Winds from the N & NW are blowing the smoke from the fires to the east away from us, increasing visibility. Really impressive change in the photos of Rainier from a local webcam (images are 4 days apart).