Cliff Predicts a Hawks Win

Just kidding, but he does predict the weather for Superbowl Sunday. The Super Bowl will have super boring weather.  Weather that will make the Seahawks feel right at home. GO HAWKS!

"Week" in review: fracking, droughts, coldness, Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability clouds

Dec 23: Is natural gas fracking fracking up the ozone? Please donate to this UW researcher so she can investigate.

Dec 25: There's only 25-50% of the average snowfall in the mountains this year, due to lower-than-predicted precipitation.

Dec 27: Snow makes it cold, by reflecting sunlight away and keeping the earth's warmth underground.

Dec 29: Today we got beautiful breaking wave clouds (aptly named "Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability clouds"). They're caused by vertical wind shear: just the precise amount change in horizontal winds, relatively quickly in the vertical.

Forecasts are only accurate 7-9 days out

Weather forecasts are only accurate for about 7-9 days out. "Weather" outfits giving you longer-range predictions are nothing more than snake-oil salesmen, and their cloud icons look like fish.

Currently snowing

In case you don't have any windows, it's currently snowing. 0.5 to 1 inch so far. Dry snow. Should snow for several more hours.

New forecasting models FTW

The new forecasting system accurately predicted this snow storm, but the old system didn't.

Definitely snowing tomorrow morning

Definitely going to snow early tomorrow morning, changing to rain the early afternoon. Snow will be caused by a warm/wet front hitting our current cold front, without the effects of solar warming (since it's going to happen overnight tonight).

More no snow...till Friday?

It's either cold and dry or warm and wet around here. Until Friday...? stay tuned.