It is with great sadness this morning that we have learned three well known and highly respected storm chasers have lost their lives while chasing near El Reno, Oklahoma on Friday. Tim Samaras and his son Paul, and Carl Young were killed by the wedge tornado that occurred on Friday.
Tour 2 intercepts tornadoes near Granbury, Texas
Good Friday afternoon! It has been a hot day, with most of Alabama reaching the lower to middle 90s. The high pressure that has kept much of Alabama hot and dry is pushing out of our area. In response to that, a few scattered storms have developed across central and east Alabama. As for the […]
Good Thursday afternoon! Temperatures have turned out hot this afternoon, with most areas reporting temperatures between 90 and 93 degrees. Dewpoints are gradually coming up this afternoon, so humidity is fairly noticeable. As humidity continues to increase, conditions will feel very muggy just in time for our holiday weekend plans. A surface high and upper […]
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Thursday , August 29, 2013 Minimum Temperature Heat Wave Hits the Northwest We are now in the midst of a remarkable heat wave here in the Northwest . nbsp Truly historic . nbsp I have to admit that I can not remember a period in which my brow has been more sweat . laden But it is not the kind of heat wave that will cause a rush to emergency rooms or enhance air conditioning sales . nbsp I t is a heat wave in our minimum . temperatures In fact , this kind of heat wave got a lot of attention earlier this summer after the release of a paper by the UW State Climate Office on an increase in frequency in minimum heat waves information here My own take on this was that some of this
Good Wednesday afternoon! Our weather is getting a little hotter this afternoon, with most areas topping out near 90 degrees. Humidity remains fairly low today, but that is starting to change. The humidity can’t remain low very long in late August. Humidity will increase some on Thursday and a lot on Friday. Dewpoints will surge […]
This time, 8 years ago, we were all watching with disbelief has one of the most destructive hurricanes of our time was bearing down on the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina was making a turn to the north and had it’s sight set on Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, where horrible damage was about to occur. The […]
Good Tuesday afternoon! After a nice and refreshing start to the day, temperatures made a fast recovery back into the middle to upper 80s this afternoon. Most areas this morning started off in the lower 60s; in-fact, Tuscaloosa reported a low of 64 degrees. The atmosphere over Alabama is really dry, so temperatures can heat […]
Good Monday afternoon! Our weather has turned out very nice this afternoon, with highs well below normal for an August day. Most areas have struggled to reach the middle 80s, despite lots of sun. Humidity remains rather low, due to a north breeze. With a dry airmass in place tonight, temperatures will drop quickly after […]
Today featured a little more cloud cover than originally anticipated, and as a result, it kept temperatures from reaching the expected 90 degree mark. But, we finally had a dry weather day as expected as high pressure builds in both at the surface and aloft. These high pressure systems will take control of our weather […]
We had to deal with some rather potent thunderstorms this afternoon, but the good news is that no severe weather was reported and they were only isolated in nature. But where they did form, rain amounts exceed 1″ in some locations and that occurred in a very short amount of time. If you like dry […]
Good Friday evening! Our weather has turned out hot today, with highs in the lower 90s across much of Alabama. While it has seemed very hot, temperatures were right on target with average August Temperatures. The isolated afternoon storms parts of the area has dealt with are dying out quickly as of 8pm. The risk […]
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Wednesday , August 14, 2013 The First Autumn Weather Arrives in the Northwest It often happens the second or third week of August . nbsp After weeks of dry , warm weather or perhaps some summertime thunderstorms , that first Pacific frontal system of the season with substantial clouds and some light precipitation reaches the Northwest coast . nbsp And it is happening right . now Take a look at the infrared satellite picture at 1 AM today Wednesday you can see the the frontal cloud band stretch northward just offshore our coast towards Vancouver Island and then out to the . west And the radar image from Langley Hill near Hoquiam showed a nice offshore precipitation band associated
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Monday , August 12, 2013 Heavy Thunderstorm Rain Closes State Route 20 The eastern slopes of the Cascades are susceptible to very heavy thunderstorm rains during the summer and on Saturday night it happened . again On Friday through Sunday , the region was covered by a moist , relatively unstable air mass that brought strong thunderstorm activity and lots of lightning . nbsp The proximate cause was an upper level low that was slowly moving up the coast , resulting in southeasterly flow in the lower atmosphere see 500 hPa map , roughly 18,000 ft , for Saturday at 5 PM below As the moist air approached the eastern slopes Washington Cascades it was forced to rise and instability was
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Tuesday , August 6, 2013 Stange Clouds Sighted Over Western Washington Updated at 11:30 AM So far tonight I have gotten nearly a dozen emails with pictures of strange triangular clouds and a request to explain them . nbsp Let's see what I can . do Here are some samples , the first sent by Eric Berman and the second by Jacob Bruce . nbsp Pretty amazing . pictures This a line of cirrus clouds that were precipitating ice crystals . nbsp These appendages with falling ice crystals are known as fall streaks or mare's . tails To get a better perspective , here is a close up view of a NOAA weather satellite image at 7 PM . You can see a line of clouds stretching east-west . nbsp That is