Rehearsal Time!
                  Updated: 2010-11-30 23:55:26
Angel and Chris's wedding rehearsal.
Angel and Chris's wedding rehearsal.
THE 12Z BHM SOUNDING INDICATES A CONTINUED TORNADO THREAT ASSOCIATED  WITH THE SLOW EWD MOVING QLCS EXTENDING FROM NERN AL SWWD INTO SER  MS. WHILE THE MLCAPES OFF BHM SOUNDING ARE ONLY AROUND 500 J/KG…IT IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT GIVEN THE STRONG SHEAR PROFILES TO MAINTAIN A SERIES OF ROTATING STORMS MOVING UP THE QLCS LINE.  [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Saturday , November 27, 2010 New Web Weather Applications Now that the weather has calmed down a bit and nothing serious is on the weather horizon except for some good snowfalls in the mountains its a good time to talk about some new powerful local weather . websites New UW Weather Radar Interface The first is a new weather radar website hosted by the UW Created by Harry Edmon the atmospheric sciences dept computer guru with lots of input from Dale Durran the department chair , this new local radar website combines all the local weather radars . both U.S . National Weather Service and the Canadian Environment Canada radars . into one seamless package
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Thursday , November 25, 2010 Its Snowing Sitting in Seattle right now , its 30F and big aggregate snow flakes are slowly drifting down outside of my window . That plus a nice cup of tea and a successful forecast--life doesn't get much better than . that But it won't last . unfortunately Right now a warm frontal zone is moving in overhead . that is producing the precipitation , but it is also producing warming aloft over the region . Here is the latest infrared satellite picture . You can see the main front offshore band extending SW-NE and the warm front is the stubby appendage extending NW-SE over us . It will only give us 3-6 hr of . precipitation
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Wednesday , November 24, 2010 Snow Update Yes . it looks like more snow . but only for a few hours . here is the latest WRF high resolution results for the 24-h snowfall ending 4 PM tomorrow . Snow over central Puget Sound maybe an inch and several inches over portions of NW Washington . The NWS concurs on . this Hopefully won't mess up this forecast The mountains , particularly the north Cascades , will get lots of snow too . The lowland snow is mainly from roughly 6 AM through 10-11 AM and then it turns to rain . Could have transitional periods of sleet and freezing rain . If the latter , be really careful if you have to drive . The roads in Seattle
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Wednesday , November 24, 2010 The Thanksgiving Forecast Major changes are going to happen in the next day and the end of the cold temperatures and icy grip are in sight . but there is much to get through . first You can see the changes in the sky . Clouds moved in overhead accompanying warming . aloft An interesting observation . temperatures warmed a bit in the middle of the night as the cloud spread overhead . The temps at Seattle-Tacoma Airport show : this Nothing changed at the surface . Why The reason is that clouds emit infrared radiation better than the clear air , so when clouds came in aloft there was more infrared radiation directed down to
The center of the snow storm Monday went right over the Puget Sound area. You can watch the rotation in the snow bands as the system moved through during the day:
, , , Advanced Search News Video Weather Traffic Sports Entertainment Communities KOMO 4 TV KOMO Newsradio Local Deals Blog Radar Satellite 7 Day School Delays Forecast Maps FAQ Cameras Links Ski Report Stay Connected : Watch live : KOMO 4 TV What's on : nbsp Listen : KOMO Newsradio Police Scanner YouNews Promotions Advanced Search Fisher Celebrates 100 Years 78 of Northwest in snow cover how much fell Monday Tools 0 Comments Email this article Facebook Tweet Digg Print this article Karl Vajtai took this photo from Eatonville By Scott Sistek Story Created : Nov 23, 2010 at 11:05 AM PST Story Updated : Nov 23, 2010 at 12:23 PM PST It was a snowy day across much of the western third of the United States . In fact , by Tuesday morning , 78 of the Pacific Northwest was covered in snow helping
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Monday , November 22, 2010 Winds The snow is still going on . although generally light--and will end during the next 4-5 hrs . The reason is that the circulation aloft is right above . us The winds tonight have been extraordinary . particularly over the NW portion of the state and over Puget Sound . Gust have been as high as 40-55 mph at Bellingham Friday Harbor and the East Strait Buoy , and with temperatures in the lower 20s , the wind chills are below zero . Here is the latest gusts from Friday Harbor . just amazing . over 50 . mph There have been substantial number of trees and branches knocked down by the strong northerlies and several power
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Monday , November 22, 2010 Even more interesting Thing are really getting interesting now . See the surface chart above at 2 PM . The low center is MUCH stronger than the model's predicted . Around 999 mb and is now located over the Olympic Peninsula . as a result southwesterly winds are picking up in the south Sound and the northerlies are strengthening to the north . The collided airstreams are causing enhanced vertical motion and precipitation . Look at the radar . a line of very heavy reflectivities . and snow intensities has formed south of Seattle . Strong northerly flow is now striking the northern portion of the Olympic Peninsula and very heavy
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Sunday , November 21, 2010 How much snow First , here are the snow reports from the Seattle NWS : office PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 610 PM PDT SUN NOV 21 2010 SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON . KING COUNTY SNOWFALL(IN TYPE ENUMCLAW 6(MILES NNE 3.5 SPOTTER PIERCE COUNTY SNOWFALL TYPE EATONVILLE 3.0 SPOTTER PUYALLUP 5 WSW 1.1 SPOTTER PUYALLUP 4 SSE 1.0 SPOTTER LEWIS COUNTY SNOWFALL TYPE ETHEL 4 SW 1.5 SPOTTER THURSTON COUNTY SNOWFALL TYPE GRAND MOUND 5 NNW 1.8 SPOTTER CLALLAM COUNTY SNOWFALL TYPE FORKS 2.0 CO-OP PORT ANGELES 4W 1.9 SPOTTER Most of region had a few flurries or some drizzle , with the heaviest
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Friday , November 19, 2010 Uncertainty Tonight light snow and strong NE winds has spread from the Bellingham area , across the San Juans , to lower Vancouver Island . and the next to be hit is the northern Olympic peninsula . The model forecasts were quite good for this . Here is the current surface observations . you can clearly see the NE winds exiting the . Fraser Saturday and Sunday is really going to be pretty dull around here . not much action , snow-wise or otherwise . And we know that cold is coming and Tuesday morning will be cold enough to produce a hard freeze . The question is snow late Sunday and . Monday Until this morning , the models
, , , Advanced Search News Video Weather Traffic Sports Entertainment Communities KOMO 4 TV KOMO Newsradio Local Deals Blog Radar Satellite 7 Day School Delays Forecast Maps FAQ Cameras Links Ski Report Stay Connected : Watch live : KOMO 4 TV What's on : nbsp Listen : KOMO Newsradio Police Scanner YouNews Promotions Advanced Search Fisher Celebrates 100 Years The proper way to measure snow Tools 0 Comments Email this article Facebook Tweet Digg Print this article By Scott Sistek Story Created : Nov 19, 2010 at 6:06 PM PST Story Updated : Nov 19, 2010 at 6:07 PM PST Not that we think a lot of people will need to bother , but a few of you could see some snow this weekend . Typically during snow events we get quite a wide array of snow reports sometimes several inches' difference over a short
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Friday , November 19, 2010 Brief Update First , this is showtime for NW Washington as a band of precipitation overuns the cold air coming out of the Fraser . It is now snowing at Bellingham and Orcas Island . NE winds have strengthened . to 30 mph at Bellingham . Airport The latest computer forecasts initialized at 10 AM this morning are more threatening for Monday . but lets view tonight's runs before we jump to conclusions . We will have cold enough air . the question is precipitation . The classic situation is to have a significant upper trough move southward in northerly flow . the new runs are suggesting this . but lets take some time to analyze
: , skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Thursday , November 18, 2010 Bellingham Fun , Fraser Outflow and an Admission It's here . Cold , dry modified arctic air is now pushing through the Fraser River Valley into Bellingham and areas to the . north Here are the latest observations at the Bellingham Airport . Look at the wind direction . It shifted from southeasterly 90 is E , 180 is S , etc to northerly and then northeasterly 20-30 air coming right out of the Fraser As the wind direction shifted the temperature began to drop rapidly now 35F and the dewpoint dropped to 31F which means the air is getting drier Lower humidities HELP snow , since it facilitates evaporation and thus . cooling
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Saturday , November 13, 2010 A Weather Fact That Can Save Your Life On the chilly Thursday morning , as I got on my bicycle , I noticed some frost on the grass even though my thermometer read 36F . How could this be It turns out that such a situation happens all the time and understanding this effect can keep you safe while driving and . biking The evening before the skies had been quite clear see satellite photo Clear skies allows the surface to cool off rapidly be emitting infrared radiation the atmosphere does the same thing but is not as effective The long nights of the fall season helps , as does light winds . and we had them all that night . The
On Wednesday, an overachieving storm system brought a surprise dose of rainfall to the Bowling Green area. This precipitation was associated with an upper level low and frontal boundary over the Gulf states that pumped overrunning moisture into our region, and it was not anticipated well by the models. The Mesonet station at the WKU [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Wednesday , November 3, 2010 Record Heat Today was just extraordinary around here . Sea Tac got to 74F , which tied the ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE for the month . That is a big record to . tie But Sea- Tac was not alone . Vancouver , Wa got to 72F , which also tied its all time record November . temperature Astoria at 73F set its all time record November temperature , as did Salem at . 74F Renton got to 75F . I could go on and on . And all under full sun . . Perfection The reason for this warmth . we started with relatively warm air over us and that was supercharged by strong downslope easterly flow across the . Cascades You could tell we had