Rain has moved into West Alabama today, and it will be with us through much of the overnight hours into early Thursday. Temperatures will hold steady int he middle 40s.
We’ll have a milder day Thursday with a high of 58 degrees. Skies will be mostly cloudy with a few showers possible during the day. For [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather Tuesday , December 29, 2009 A Wet New Year's Eve--and more And I am not talking about liquid refreshments . After a dry , and sometimes sunny period , we are about to see some serious rain again . Been almost a . week Tonight we are getting some showers from a very weak front that is moving through see radar image And tomorrow there will be some scattered showers and even some sunbreaks temps climbing into the 40s . Not too . interesting But don't worry . meteorological fun is in store on Thursday . A fairly strong warm front will move up the coast during the afternoon and will pass over the central WA coast and Puget Sound around 4 PM graphic Winds will increase and temps will jump as it passes . Particularly strong winds will strike the Oregon coast behind the front . Moderately heavy showers will accompany the warm front--the 24h rainfall totals ending 4 PM on Thursday show that although western WA will be wet , the real soaking will over western Oregon and NW California graphic The subsequent 24-h will be equally as wet , with NW CA and SW Oregon getting
After taking a close look at the weather data this afternoon I have no doubt the cold weather is here to stay. A low pressure system tracking into southwestern Texas is spreading rain and wintry precipitation well northward into the state. High clouds associated with this system are already entering the southeastern states and we [...]
I certainly hope you had a great Christmas holiday! I want to send out a big thanks to Richard for covering my weather shifts last week. While I was off, a couple of viewers approached me and asked about chances for snow. If the current weather pattern remains in place I do think we could [...]A good Sunday to you! It’s a new day but the same routine, as we continue to deal with cold weather. Highs today did manage to warm into the 49 to 52 degree range across central Alabama, but the west wind made it feel colder than that. A reinforcing shot of cold weather is on [...]
We’ve been seeing some hint at a New Year’s Day snow event for someone in the south. The data has been all over the place with the idea of snow close by. This image is from one of our many computer models we look at when building a forecast. I just thought I’d share this [...]A good Saturday to you! After a nice holiday break, we’re back to work for a gorgeous post-Christmas Weekend. Temperatures remain well below average, so it feels pretty chilly across all of Alabama. Temperatures mainly range in the middle 40s in northeast Alabama to low 50s in southwest Alabama. Temperature will remain chilly for a [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather Thursday , December 24, 2009 Boring Weather Picture by Reid Wolcott of low clouds over the Puget Sound lowlands , taken from Newcastle Golf Course How many ways can a meteorologists spell Boring For the past several days we have been stuck in the classic mid-winter ridge pattern , when high pressure over the region produces dry , low wind conditions . The problem is that such conditions produce the hated , yes even despised , persistent low clouds and fog . Why With a ridge there is a lack of clouds aloft and the surface can effectively radiate heat to space without the clouds getting in the way . The atmosphere doesn't radiate as well and the result is an inversion , with temperature increasing with height . Low wind speeds with the ridge result in a lack of good atmospheric mixing in the vertical , and thus a strengthening of the . inversion Inversions act as barriers to air motion and as the air progressively cools near the surface , fog and low clouds can form . Moisture collects below the inversion , strengthening the fog . And wait It is even worse than
A good Wednesday to you! After a warm Wednesday, our weather is about to change in a hurry. Showers will become possible overnight tonight, with mainly light stuff. Winds will pick up out of the southeast, as gusts could reach 30 MPH after midnight. A vigorous storm-system blasts it’s way through the heartland of the [...]I hope you’re having a great Tuesday! Our weather is starting to change, with high level clouds moving in. This is a sign of a big storm-system developing west of us, which is due in here late in the day on Thursday.
Temperatures have really warmed nicely today, as many of us made it [...]
Weathersage Blog EXTREME Weather In case you haven't heard . Friday , December 18, 2009, 06:09 AM Techniques You heard it through one of Weathersage's postings or weather reports or from her students listed on the seasonal reports . You heard it first from any one of the sources and you heard it well in advance , months actually . And you read about extreme weather more than a year ago . Currently , a MONSTER storm is on its way to the northeast . Right now , Dec . 18th , Florida and the southeast states are flooding and Florida has a tornado watch to boot . The mid-Atlantic states as well as inland areas are faced with a snowfall that the Weather Channel can't stop talking about . The northwest has another storm flowing into the region and it will be on its way to the east coast before long . It's good to be prepared a day or so before the actual weather comes along and can be seen on radar by the meteorologists . But , long range weather forecasting is a technique they only wish they could employ the meteorologists , that is . Surely I'm repeating myself , but long range weather forecasting ability actually improves one's astrology and can you believe only basic tools are used no: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather Monday , December 14, 2009 Snow and Ice Pellets over NW Washington It is snowing in Eastsound on Orcas now and ice pellets are raining on Bellingham . On the other hand , for the rest of us there is moderate rain and rapidly warming . temps Check out the latest radar . you haven't seen wet like that in a . while And here are the latest surface obs . The approaching low is sucking air out of the Fraser River Gap with cool NE flow moving into Bellingham and the San Juans . Won't last forever--eventually they will turn to rain . too Why Because a warm front is approach see graphic and when it passes through warm , strong sw flow will inundate the region . You will feel like you have gone to Hawaii . well , sort . of This figures provides temps in the lower atmosphere . yellow is warm and blue and white are cold . Also pressures and . winds Snowing in the mountains see cam at Snoqualmie and they are going to get hammered . which is really good for all you . skiers PS : A reminder--I will be giving a talk . The Secrets of Snow at 7 pm at 3rd Place books in Lake: , skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather Thursday , December 10, 2009 Steam Fog , Snow over the Weekend and Beyond Another really cold day , although it warmed up a bit this afternoon . The air aloft was warmed significantly--by roughly 10F over the last 24 h , and surface stations are about 2-5F warmer than yesterday at the same . time While bicycling into work this morning it was 18F when I left my home I was warmed by the sight of steam fog over Lake Washington . It was surreal . sort of like the steam and fog coming out of some large witches brew . Devin Ellis sent me a picture snapped on his phone-as shown above . Steam fog occurs when cold air passes over much warmer water . The air temperature was around 20F and the water temperature according to the King County buoy was around 48F . You see steam fog during our primo cold air outbreaks . particularly early in the season when the water is fairly . warm OK , but steam fog is not what you really want to know about . its the potential for snow . My friends in the National Weather Service have a chance of snow in the forecast for the entire: : skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather Saturday , December 5, 2009 Saturday Night Update : Snow Reports Snow began late this afternoon on the eastern Cascade slopes . During the past few hours a band of light precipitation , associated with a switch to easterly flow aloft , has moved into the lowlands see radar image above Winds aloft over Seattle . time increases to the left . Height in meters . Last two hours show easterly . flow Several stations have reported snow . Paine Field in Everett , a commentor in Mukilteo , Whidbey Island Naval Air station , Gray Field near Tacoma , among others . Tacoma reported rain . Increasing NE winds are pushing out of the Fraser River Valley . with flow moving toward the NE . Olympics Posted by Cliff Mass Weather Blog at 9:30 PM 10 comments : Must read blogs said . its SNOWING here in chehalis December 5, 2009 10:13 PM dfseattle said . This afternoon , I bicycled from Green Lake to and from Redmond via the Burke-Gilman and Sammamish River . trials On both the out-going and return trips throughout the afternoon there were locations with frost and wet icy spots