• Rainy And Stormy Weekend Ahead…Spotty Showers Into Your Work Week… Friday PM Forecast Update #alwx @wvua23

    Updated: 2021-03-26 19:47:34
    Good Friday Afternoon, after such a devastating day yesterday, it is nice to have a day like today. Temps tonight will drop into the lower 60s with clouds accumulating in our sky. Your Saturday will bring some spotty showers and temps topping out in the lower 80’s with mostly cloudy skies. Sunday will bring cooler […]

  • New Podcast: Can Human's Alter the Weather? And the Weekend Weather Forecast

    Updated: 2021-03-26 16:54:00
    : : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 26, 2021 New Podcast : Can Human's Alter the Weather And the Weekend Weather Forecast It is an age-old hope of mankind : nbsp to control the . weather And in this podcast , I will answer the question : nbsp can mankind alter the weather Can we weaken or strengthen storms And much . more My blog also includes the weekend weather forecast for the region , promising a favorable Saturday , a strong front on Sunday , and unusually cool air on Monday . nbsp And some good news for skiers Here is my : podcast Click the play button to listen or use your favorite streaming service see below You can stream my podcast from your favorite : services Listen on Apple Podcasts

  • Severe Weather Event is OVER! 10:30pm Thursday Update #alwx @wvua23

    Updated: 2021-03-26 03:40:03
    I am happy to report the severe weather outbreak for our state is over… All tornado issues are to our east into Georgia and moving away. We will compile the data and report the info from the NWS and survey crews over the next few days on this tragic tornado outbreak… Richard Scott

  • Tornado Warning in Coosa County Cancelled…Area Still Under Watch #alwx @wvua23

    Updated: 2021-03-26 02:38:09
    …THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED… THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERELIMITS, AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL ANDGUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR […]

  • Tornado Watch Area Shrinks

    Updated: 2021-03-26 02:36:47
    …THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED… THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERELIMITS, AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL ANDGUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR […]

  • If Your Home is in the Red…GET TO SAFETY NOW…You Are in the Path of a Confirmed Tornado #alwx @wvua23

    Updated: 2021-03-26 02:23:16
    …THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED… THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERELIMITS, AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL ANDGUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR […]

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning Cancelled in Etowah County #alwx @wvua23

    Updated: 2021-03-26 02:18:06
    …THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY ISCANCELLED… THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

  • Confirmed Tornado over Higgins Ferry Park #alwx @wvua23

    Updated: 2021-03-26 02:10:02
    AT 906 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HIGGINS FERRYPARK, OR 10 MILES EAST OF CLANTON, MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. HAZARD…DAMAGING TORNADO. SOURCE…RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUTSHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGETO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE ISLIKELY. LOCATIONS […]

  • Tornado Warning Issued for Chilton and Coosa County until 10pm #alwx @wvua23

    Updated: 2021-03-26 02:05:48
    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR…SOUTHEASTERN CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA…CENTRAL COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 903 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADOWAS LOCATED NEAR VERBENA, OR NEAR CLANTON, MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. HAZARD…TORNADO. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT…FLYING […]

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Coosa County Until 10pm #alwx @wvua23

    Updated: 2021-03-26 02:01:05
    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…CENTRAL COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. AT 858 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CLANTON,MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD…GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE […]

  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning Cancelled for Blount and St. Clair Counties #alwx @wvua23

    Updated: 2021-03-26 01:59:14
    …THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLOUNT ANDNORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED… THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CENTRALALABAMA. REMEMBER, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FORNORTHEASTERN BLOUNT COUNTY AND […]

  • Secret Rocket Launch. Alien Visitation, or Meteorology?

    Updated: 2021-03-25 22:06:00
    : . , Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 25, 2021 Secret Rocket Launch . Alien Visitation , or Meteorology One of the most enjoyable aspects of this blog is that readers send me cloud pictures for identification or . discussion Most can be readily explained and others require some detective . work But every once in a while I get a picture that stumps me , and today I will show you such an . image I received this photo from a well-known photographer , Steve Mullensky of Port Townsend his Facebook page is here and a story about him here So this image is from a reputable individual and is not some photoshopped . wonder You got to admit this object looks like a missile with a trailing smoke . plume But

  • The Little Saildrone Survives and A Weak Tornado Hits Our Coast

    Updated: 2021-03-24 04:12:00
    : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 23, 2021 The Little Saildrone Survives and A Weak Tornado Hits Our Coast Several of you asked whether the drone sailboat , Saildrone 1054, survived its rendevous with a vigorous Pacific . storm The answer is yes 35-40 mph winds and 25-30 ft waves did not appear to cause any . problems The small autonomous weather station is now returning to port and will be deployed around a hurricane next year . nbsp That will be a more severe test . nbsp The saildrone also had another unmanned vehicle for company during the last few weeks , an underwater glider see picture NOAA has a fleet of these , capable of diving as much as 1000 meters beneath the surface while taking

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  • New Podcast: Why Does Western Washington and Oregon Have the Longest Springs in the Nation? Plus the Weekend Forecast

    Updated: 2021-03-19 17:45:00
    : : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 19, 2021 New Podcast : Why Does Western Washington and Oregon Have the Longest Springs in the Nation Plus the Weekend Forecast Yes , it is true . nbsp Here in the Northwest , west of the Cascade crest , we have the longest meteorological springs in the . nation Something you can brag about if you live in or near Vancouver , CA , Seattle , and . Portland And in my new podcast I explain . why Astronomical and meteorological springs are not the same . nbsp The former is always three months from March 20 21 to June 20 21. But meteorological spring , which I define as the period in which the average high temperatures range from 50 to 70F , varies . wildly Seattle has

  • Will the Incoming Storm Take Out the Little Saildrone?

    Updated: 2021-03-19 03:16:00
    : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 18, 2021 Will the Incoming Storm Take Out the Little Saildrone As I mentioned in an earlier blog , NOAA is working with a young company , Saildrone , to test the capabilities of autonomous sailboats saildrones for gathering weather and ocean data . remotely Of particular interest is whether such craft can survive the wave and wind conditions near tropical storms and hurricanes . nbsp A hardened saildrone with a stubby sail is now directly off the Washington coast see map and picture below in the hope of experiencing strong . storms And it is about to get a big . test A vigorous spring Pacific cyclone is offshore and approaching our region , with the visible

  • Why the Strange Radar Echo over the Pacific Ocean?

    Updated: 2021-03-17 03:43:00
    : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 16, 2021 Why the Strange Radar Echo over the Pacific Ocean I have gotten quite a few emails asking about a strange radar echo off the Washington Coast , including a few claiming a secret military operation and one suggesting an alien . presence Here is an example , showing the Langley Hill radar on March 15th at 0503 UTC 10:03 PM March 14th PDT The is one of the lowest scan angles : nbsp 0.5 degrees . nbsp Radars are tilted at various angles in the vertical and scan around in direction azimuth You see the echo off of Hoquiam That is what I am talking about . and here is an expanded version Two hours later . still there . nbsp Very strange . nbsp A meteorological

  • Broken Water Pipe Takes Out U.S. Buoy Data

    Updated: 2021-03-14 20:17:00
    : . Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 14, 2021 Broken Water Pipe Takes Out U.S . Buoy Data I have gotten a number of emails from folks asking about the lack of U.S . buoy data during the past several days . nbsp They are right . something has happened . nbsp A broken pipe and flooding has closed down a key NOAA data facility in Silver Spring , Maryland , and there is no estimate of when this data source will become . available And , in fact , other important data sources are also being affected , such as the coastal marine sites CMAN and even some airport . locations The NOAA National Data Buoy Center page notes the : situation Buoy data over the oceans is a very important weather data source , in

  • Why are Western Washington and Oregon Thunderstorms So Wimpy? And the Weekend Forecast!

    Updated: 2021-03-12 18:21:00
    : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 12, 2021 Why are Western Washington and Oregon Thunderstorms So Wimpy And the Weekend Forecast Western Washington and Oregon have fewer and weaker thunderstorms than most parts of the . country The map of annual thunderstorm frequency tells the story see below with the southeast enjoying more than 80 boomers per hear , while most of the Northwest expreiences less than 10. But why All is revealed in my podcast . nbsp And this podcast also provides the weekend weather forecast , with Saturday being sunny and mild and a Pacific front making landfall on . Sunday You can listen to my podcast below or on your smartphone using your favorite podcast . service Here is my :

  • A Rare Western Washington Thunderstorm that Pushed into the Stratosphere!

    Updated: 2021-03-10 23:54:00
    : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 10, 2021 A Rare Western Washington Thunderstorm that Pushed into the Stratosphere Thunderstorms in western Washington are a wimpy lot . nbsp Infrequent and weak , they rarely get above 15,000 ft , unlike their vigorous cousins over the central and eastern U.S . nbsp The reason for their weakness Mainly the cool water of the eastern Pacific , which lessens the warmth at low levels and the water vapor content available in our region compared to the thunderstorms over the eastern half of the . nation When thunderstorms are vigorous and strong they can rise high enough to reach the stratosphere where warming conditions and dry air act as a barrier to thunderstorms'

  • The Revolutionary Weather Observers

    Updated: 2021-03-07 21:45:00
    : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 07, 2021 The Revolutionary Weather Observers It is not well known that the founders of the American republic were avid amateur meteorologists , with many of them taking weather observations daily . nbsp George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , Benjamin Franklin , and others were intrigued about the meteorology and climate of the new nation and deeply curious about the natural . world By the time of the American revolution , relatively decent thermometers , barometers , and rain gauges were available , and taking weather observations was all the . rage Take Thomas Jefferson , our third President and the primary author of the Declaration of Independence . nbsp He

  • New Podcast: Why U.S. Numerical Prediction is Lagging and the Weekend Forecast

    Updated: 2021-03-05 18:55:00
    : : . Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 05, 2021 New Podcast : Why U.S . Numerical Prediction is Lagging and the Weekend Forecast My podcast takes on a critical weather issue : nbsp the lagging of global weather prediction behind those of the European Center and others . nbsp What is the essential reason why the U.S . with the largest weather research community in the world and the largest spending on weather prediction of any nation , is now in third or fourth place in numerical weather prediction And this podcast also provides the weekend weather forecast , with Saturday being the best day for most . nbsp But sun and warmth are promised later in the week You can listen to my podcast below or on

  • Super Saildrone is Being Tested in the Northeast Pacific: Can A Drone Sailboat Survive the Big Storms?

    Updated: 2021-03-05 04:36:00
    : : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events March 04, 2021 Super Saildrone is Being Tested in the Northeast Pacific : Can A Drone Sailboat Survive the Big Storms Imagine a drone weather station located on an unmanned sailboat that could travel anywhere in the world to observe the atmosphere and the ocean . surface The device exist s : the Saildrone , the brainchild of uber engineer Richard Jenkins and the scientists technologists of the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab in Seattle see below Last year , nbsp Saildrone allowed us to borrow a fleet of six of them , stationed in a picket line up and down the West Coast see my blog on it here An exciting experiment , but it revealed a vulnerability of these craft

  • Rare Upside Down Lightning Viewed over Puget Sound

    Updated: 2021-02-28 22:24:00
    : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog discusses current weather , weather prediction , climate issues , and current events February 28, 2021 Rare Upside Down Lightning Viewed over Puget Sound On Friday evening , camera 3 of Greg Johnson's wonderful Skunk Bay weather site captured an extraordinary lightning picture see below with the camera looking east over Whidbey Island from its location over the northern Kitsap Peninsula see map below What is so amazing and unusual about this lightning Look how it starts at a single point at the surface and then fans out into multiple lightning channels as it rises . nbsp It looks like something out of the movie Ghostbusters or some science fiction flick Most lightning does not look that this . in fact , 99 of lightning hitting the ground does just the

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