• Warm Tomorrow

    Updated: 2011-04-30 18:30:00
    : 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 , April 30, 2011 Warm Tomorrow Today will be a transitional day with low clouds slowly burning off and few residual showers see satellite pic Want sunny skies for sure Head just east of the Cascade crest and down into eastern Washington . The air is still cold aloft so we could get some instability and cumulus development , but that will be increasingly suppressed by high pressure building . aloft Here is the upper level 500 mb for tomorrow strong ridging over us and ridges are associated with sinking motion , which works against cloud . formation With strong sun the intensity today is like mid-August and warming temperatures aloft as the

  • See the deadly tornadic thunderstorms form from space

    Updated: 2011-04-30 05:02:33
    When those thunderstorms formed that spawned the deadly tornadoes across the south earlier thsi week formed, some of them reached incredible heights over 50,000 feet tall -- thats' nearly 10 miles high! I went and found a satellite loop of the storms as they erupted across the south. The loop spans April 27 and into April 28. Some cloud detail fades in and out on the loop between daylight and nighttime -- I think this is a composite of both infrared and visible satellite imagery.

  • Friday Afternoon Forecast… Updated at 3:16pm

    Updated: 2011-04-29 21:24:38
    Your forecast will remain dry through Sunday, so if you are working outside for disaster relief, you still have several dry days to go. Temperatures will get rather hot during the afternoon hours, with highs in the middle 80s. Be sure to drink plenty of water and wear sunscreen. I spent much of Thursday working [...]

  • Tornado Video from Tuscaloosa… Updated Friday at 2pm

    Updated: 2011-04-29 20:02:10
    The video above comes from storm spotter, Matt Spencer. Above is video from WVUA-TV’s live severe weather coverage during the tornado. Above is video from storm spotter, Kristopher Montgomery. He did a live phone interview during our severe weather coverage. WVUA Chief Meteorologist Richard Scott rscott@wvuatv.com

  • NWS Still to Rate Tuscaloosa Tornado… Update Friday at 1:40pm

    Updated: 2011-04-29 19:47:37
    PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1131 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 …TODAY’S STORM SURVEY AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT PLAN… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WILL CONTINUE THE ASSESSMENT OF STORM DAMAGE FROM A TRAGICALLY HISTORIC DAY OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY AND SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 27TH. A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STORM [...]

  • More Damage in Tuscaloosa… Updated at 1:30pm on Friday

    Updated: 2011-04-29 19:36:17
    These are damage pictures from Tuscaloosa County, including the city of Tuscaloosa… WVUA Chief Meteorologist Richard Scott rscott@wvuatv.com

  • WVUA Chief Meteorologist Richard Scott and Daniel Sparkman Covering Tuscaloosa Tornado Live… Updated on Friday at 12:30 PM

    Updated: 2011-04-29 18:30:42
    We watched the tornado form live on our Tuscaloosa tower camera. WVUA Chief Meteorologist Richard Scott rscott@wvuatv.com

  • WVUA Tornado Coverage Live via Ustream

    Updated: 2011-04-29 17:58:34
    Live TV : Ustream

  • Tuscaloosa City Damage… Updated on Friday at 11:33am

    Updated: 2011-04-29 17:33:10
    Here’s damage from 13th Street East. Some of these pictures are in my neighborhood. WVUA Chief Meteorologist Richard Scott rscott@wvuatv.com

  • Are the Eastern U.S. tornadoes and our cold weather connected?

    Updated: 2011-04-29 04:13:00
    : . 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 , April 28, 2011 Are the Eastern U.S . tornadoes and our cold weather connected We are about to finish the coldest April in at least 60 years . And it appears that April will bring the all-time record number of tornadoes to the U.S . including yesterday's catastrophic event with over 250 . deaths Are they connected I think one can make a very plausible case that they . are But before I discuss this connection , let me note that around 6 PM tonight a funnel cloud was observed near Mt . Vernon . You can tell how unstable the air is around here with all the towering cumulus and cumulonimbus . Here is a video of the Mt . Vernon funnel and a good

  • Tuscaloosa Tornado Video – Updated Thursday at 6am

    Updated: 2011-04-28 12:31:08
    John Brown captures this video of the Tuscaloosa tornado off of Interstate 20/59. This is a horrible situation for the city of Tuscaloosa, and our hearts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this tornado. WVUA Chief Meteorologist Richard Scott rscott@wvuatv.com

  • forecast for weekend

    Updated: 2011-04-28 04:36:44
    Highlights - scattered showers and storms still in the forecast for Thursday - much welcomed dry period Friday and Saturday - another frontal system Sunday Forecast: The frontal boundary which produced numerous rounds of severe weather and flooding over a large portion of the south, Midwest and east coast is now moving away. However the upper low behind this system will still [...]

  • WVUA Off Air

    Updated: 2011-04-28 01:16:56
    WVUA is working to get back on the air.  We lost power during the storm, and our staff had to take cover in our studio.  We are safe, and working to safely report the damage to you.  Please continue to share your photos with us on our Facebook page, and E-mail them to us at news@wvuatv.com andwxpics@wvuatv.com. [...]

  • forecast for first half of week

    Updated: 2011-04-27 23:10:10
    Highighlights: - frontal boundary to remain in region throughout forecast period - periods of thunderstorms each day with severe weather threats - risk for flash flooding by Wednesday night Discussion: A frontal boundary which has been nearly stationary along the Ohio river will shift slightly northward Sunday night and Monday. Another round of showers and storms will be likely from [...]

  • Thanks, Budget Cuts, and an Inside Look

    Updated: 2011-04-26 03:44:00
    : , , 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 , April 25, 2011 Thanks , Budget Cuts , and an Inside Look I would like to begin this blog with a heartfelt thank you to all of you that have contributed to the UW weather prediction research fund noted in the upper right of this blog and here Over one-hundred of you have contributed both small and larger amounts and these funds several thousand dollars so far will help maintain our regional weather research and our real-time local weather prediction models . running I t is really extraordinary that there is a community of Northwest residents who are so committed to keeping the collection of regional weather data , state-of-the- ar t weather

  • PDO and Long-Term Trends

    Updated: 2011-04-24 17:33:00
    : 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 , April 24, 2011 PDO and Long-Term Trends Saturday's clear skies over nearly the entire state . you won't see this again soon After Saturday's spectacular sun and warmth , we have returned to normal again . Saturday was warmest day for the region so far this year , with temperatures climbing into the mid to upper 60s for most western WA locations away from the water . As expected some of the warmest temperatures were east of the Cascade foothills , where compressional heating from descending easterly flow and distance from the cold water allowed a boost into the lower 70s . North Bend , WA got to 71F for . example Looking at the latest forecast

  • 80 years ago, there was dust in the wind -- lots of it

    Updated: 2011-04-22 16:00:31
    , , , , , Advanced Search News Weather Traffic Outdoors Entertainment Communities AMNW Inside KATU Family Matters Local Deals Watch : live KATU News AM Northwest Live Traffic Video What 27 s on : nbsp Advanced Search 80 years ago , there was dust in the wind lots of it Tools 0 Comments Email this article Facebook Tweet Digg Print this article Abandoned orchard trees uprooted in strong northeast winds on April 22, 1931. Photo courtesy : NOAA By Scott Sistek Story Created : Apr 21, 2011 at 11:46 PM PDT Story Updated : Apr 21, 2011 at 11:55 PM PDT I have joked during past crazy weather days around here when we've got sun , rain , wind , hail , and even some lightning that if we were playing Weather Bingo about the only square left uncovered would be dust storm . quot Ahh , but 80 years ago

  • 80 years ago, there was dust in the wind -- lots of it

    Updated: 2011-04-22 16:00:29
    , , , , Advanced Search News Video Weather Traffic Sports Entertainment Living Communities KOMO 4 TV KOMO Newsradio Local Deals Blogs Radar Satellite School Delays Forecast Maps FAQ Cameras Quakes Links Ski Report Watch live : KOMO 4 TV What 27 s on : nbsp Listen : KOMO Newsradio Police Scanner Advanced Search 80 years ago , there was dust in the wind lots of it Tools 0 Comments Email this article Facebook Tweet Digg Print this article Abandoned orchard trees uprooted in strong northeast winds on April 22, 1931. Photo courtesy : NOAA By Scott Sistek Story Created : Apr 21, 2011 at 11:46 PM PDT Story Updated : Apr 21, 2011 at 11:55 PM PDT I have joked during past crazy weather days around here when we've got sun , rain , wind , hail , and even some lightning that if we were playing Weather

  • A Great Historical Dust Storm and FINALLY a Warm Day

    Updated: 2011-04-22 04:20:00
    : 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 , April 21, 2011 A Great Historical Dust Storm and FINALLY a Warm Day Today is the 80th anniversary of the greatest dust storm in the history of our area . On 21 April 1931, very high pressure developed over southwest Canada and eastern Montana , while low pressure deepened over the intermountain west see figure , with sea level pressures Between these two features a HUGE pressure difference developed , which led to very strong winds . we are talking about 50-60 mph on both sides of the Cascades These strong winds combined with a previous period of warm , dry weather and recently tilled fields to result in an immense dust . storm Dust over the

  • Synthetic IR imagery for 19 April 2011

    Updated: 2011-04-21 21:05:56
    This blog entry will consider the synthetic IR imagery from the NSSL 4-km WRF-ARW model for 19 April 2011.  There were many severe weather reports on this day: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/110419_rpts.html The synthetic IR imagery from the WRF-ARW model from 1200 to … Continue reading →

  • Stormy weather: Pretty here; scary there

    Updated: 2011-04-20 21:21:15
    : , , , Advanced Search News Video Weather Traffic Sports Entertainment Living Communities KOMO 4 TV KOMO Newsradio Local Deals Blogs Radar Satellite School Delays Forecast Maps FAQ Cameras Quakes Links Ski Report Watch live : KOMO 4 TV What 27 s on : nbsp Listen : KOMO Newsradio Police Scanner Advanced Search Stormy weather : Pretty here scary there Tools 0 Comments Email this article Facebook Tweet Digg Print this article By Scott Sistek Story Created : Apr 19, 2011 at 9:45 PM PDT Story Updated : Apr 19, 2011 at 9:52 PM PDT We've had some relatively stormy weather around the Puget Sound region over the past few days , but as usual it pales in comparison to what most of the rest of the nation would count as . stormy YouNews contributor anvizible gmail.com captured the photo above of the

  • Adult Theme Blog --Mammatus Clouds

    Updated: 2011-04-20 03:52:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Tuesday , April 19, 2011 Adult Theme Blog Mammatus Clouds This blog contains material that may be inappropriate for preteen audiences , so if you are underage , please click here For the rest of you , lets continue . A number of readers of this blog have sent me emails the past few days about some strange looking clouds . Here is an example provided by Pam Keeley of Columbia : City . Scary And our favorite high-definition time-lapse video provider , Dale Ireland of Silverdale sent out this video yesterday showing the rapid formation of a similar : phenomenon If you go to the second video , you will see another example of . mammatus Both the still

  • Severe Weather Possible Late Tuesday.

    Updated: 2011-04-18 04:41:50
    Highlights -Big Warm-up through Tues. -Severe weather potential Tuesday Night into Wed. -Heavy rain not out of the question Tues. night into Wed. Forecast As the trough that affected last weekend’s weather moves offshore, a ridge has begun to build across the south and temperatures will rebound under southerly flow with high temperatures on Monday reaching the upper 70’s. Monday [...]

  • Unstable Air and the Northwest Weather Workshop

    Updated: 2011-04-18 01:44:00
    : 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 , April 17, 2011 Unstable Air and the Northwest Weather Workshop Although the cold air that has been moving in aloft these days may have its down sides for gardening and some outdoor activities , there IS a silver lining to the situation . very nice cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds for viewing an example shown above from the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Visibility Cam . Believe it or not , the sun is actually getting fairly strong the sun's strength today was the same as late August so the surface is getting quite a bit of solar radiation when the sky opens up . And the day is quite long now like late August Now the result of cold air aloft , but

  • Tsunami Photos from Otsuchi Japan on March 11th, 2011

    Updated: 2011-04-16 09:12:35
    24 previously unseen photographs of the tsunami that struck Japan's northern coast on March 11, 2011. The following images are in no particular order of the events.

  • Severe Chances Fri?

    Updated: 2011-04-15 04:48:29
    Highlights • Approaching low pressure system will bring clouds Thursday night • Severe weather threat on Fri, with more moderate/heavy rain possible. • Highs in mid 50’s on Saturday, returning to the 70’s by Monday. Forecast As convection and severe weather in Oklahoma and Missouri continue overnight, expect high clouds to start streaming into the area overnight. Lows tonight will only get [...]

  • Revenge of a Dying La Nina

    Updated: 2011-04-13 05:05:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Tuesday , April 12, 2011 Revenge of a Dying La Nina Its days are numbered . There is no doubt about it anymore . The handwriting is on the wall . All the expert pundits are in agreement . But it won't easily release its grip for another month or . so The regime in Libya No , we are talking about this year's La Nina and the cool , wet weather it has . brought Astronomical spring might have arrived on March 21, but the past few weeks have been cool and wet , and nearly every day has been below normal . Here is the temperature difference from climatology average conditions for the past month : lots of below normal conditions blue in our part of the woods

  • Severe Threat Decreasing; Near-Record Highs Tomorrow

    Updated: 2011-04-09 22:10:46
    The severe weather threat for Sunday evening / Monday morning advertised earlier this week now appears to be much smaller than initially thought. Both the GFS and the NAM have pushed back the timing of the cold frontal passage to late morning or early afternoon on Monday, and instability is expected to be very limited [...]

  • Upside Down Rainbow

    Updated: 2011-04-09 05:24:00
    : 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 , April 8, 2011 Upside Down Rainbow Several people sent me pictures of what they described as an upside down rainbow high in the sky around 5 PM today . Here are some : examples Courtesy of Casey Burns Courtesy of David Ovens The colors in these smiley faced rainbows were very . vivid What was causing this unusual occurrence It is what is called a circumzenithal arc This arc are caused by the same general phenomenon that creates halos : the refraction of light in ice crystals . Circumzenithal arcs occur when the sun is relatively low in the sky below 32 degrees above the horizon in the presence of ice crystals with generally horizontal .

  • More Severe Weather Chances This Weekend

    Updated: 2011-04-08 00:00:36
    According to the Storm Prediction Center, the Bowling Green area has a chance of seeing severe weather each of the next 3 days. Here’s the convective outlook for tomorrow: The severe threat tomorrow looks to be marginal. Some degree of instability is forecast to be in place along with moderate wind shear, but upper level ridging [...]

  • Convergence Zone Snow in April!

    Updated: 2011-04-07 05:33:00
    : 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 , April 6, 2011 Convergence Zone Snow in April Bellevue WA snow around 8 PM at 200 ft ASL . Picture courtesy of Julia Ziobro Today we had a strong convergence zone and with cool air aloft the result was that in the heavier convergence showers the snow level was driven to the surface over some of the . lowlands This morning dawned with a spectacular convergence zone over the north . Sound Just beautiful . And there was also snow showers in the mountains , some quite heavy at the same time over a foot today in the passes The convergence zone moved south during the day , producing snow showers during the last afternoon in Blier and Lynnwood and

  • California Versus the Northwest

    Updated: 2011-04-06 05:48:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides my latest forecast or comments on current weather or other topics Tuesday , April 5, 2011 California Versus the Northwest It is often true that California and the Northwest are often in contention for the wet stuff and we usually win We have seen a number of periods this winter when a trough developing over the West Coast has sent the jet stream and all the moisture down into California . And it is going to happen . again Last week I was staying in Monterey , California attending the Cyclone Workshop , a regular gathering of meteorologists interested in midlatitude and tropical cyclones . The locals were all talking about the heavy rain that had struck central California for over two weeks in March when the jet had

  • There is rhyme and reason to weather forecast terms

    Updated: 2011-04-06 04:30:27
    , , , , Advanced Search News Weather Traffic Outdoors Entertainment Communities AMNW Inside KATU Family Matters Local Deals Stay Connected : Watch : live KATU News AM Northwest Live Traffic Video What 27 s on : nbsp Video YouNews Promotions Advanced Search Help Victims of Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami There is rhyme and reason to weather forecast terms Tools 0 Comments Email this article Facebook Tweet Digg Print this article By Scott Sistek Story Created : Apr 4, 2011 at 6:11 PM PDT Story Updated : Apr 5, 2011 at 9:29 AM PDT Sometimes a forecast is for scattered showers . Then there is isolated showers and numerous showers Are we just pulling names from a hat Actually , no at least , not where the National Weather Service is concerned . When you look at a National Weather Service-issued

  • Severe Weather Recap

    Updated: 2011-04-05 20:12:55
    As expected, a large severe weather outbreak took place over the southeastern U.S. yesterday. However, it turned out to be even bigger than expected, with over 1,200 instances of severe weather reported between 7 AM CDT Monday and noon today. Most of these reports were of damaging winds associated with a huge squall line that [...]

  • Radioactivity Measurements

    Updated: 2011-04-04 04:16:00
    : 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 , April 3, 2011 Radioactivitiy Measurements During the past few days a great deal of information has come in about the amount of radiation reaching the U.S . from the Fukushima reactors in Japan . Measurable radiation has reached our shores , but thousands of times below intervention . standards Recently , a University of Washington team presented highly sensitive results based on measuring the radioactive particles trapped by the filters for the UW Physics and Astronomy Building their web site is http : www.npl.washington.edu monitoring Let me show you some examples of their findings and remember the tsunami occurred on March 11. Here is a plot

  • Severe Storms Possible Tomorrow

    Updated: 2011-04-04 01:02:51
    Summary: -Severe weather possible in the early afternoon hours tomorrow -Damaging winds currently expected to be the main threat -Cooler temperatures tomorrow night and Tuesday A strong upper-level trough will eject out of the Rockies tomorrow, leading to the development and intensification of a surface low pressure center in the the Upper Midwest. This will drag a strong cold [...]

  • Complaints

    Updated: 2011-04-03 05:22:00
    : 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 , April 2, 2011 Complaints A lot of people have been complaining about our weather lately , some even going as far as preparing plaintive : videos The recent two weeks has been much cooler than normal with few days reaching the normal highs and precipitation several inches above normal see graphics below Portland has had its fifth wettest winter on record and the LATEST on record in getting to 60F . That is really the central problem : as long as we get a few warm spring days it is tolerable . this year they have been few warm . intervals Sunday should be decent for much of the region with a ridge moving over us temporarily . But then on

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