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Most La Niñas and El Niños peak in December or early January. In fact, El Niño was first called “El Niño de Navidad” (translated from...

The Western US is currently experiencing some of the most severe drought conditions on record. You can see it in the brown grass across...

Late on January 12th and early on January 13th, a surprise windstorm ravaged the Pacific Northwest, knocking out power to 559,000...

If you looked east across Lake Washington on one of our few sunny days this past month, you’ve probably seen the gorgeous, snow-tipped...

The “Blob” first entered the Pacific Northwest meteorological lexicon way back in 2014, when UW atmospheric sciences professor and...

If you told me that a Labor Day windstorm brought 12 consecutive hours of sustained hurricane-force winds to Timberline ski resort on Mt....

Global sea-surface-temperature (SST) anomalies as of 8/14/2020. Note the massive Blob in the A Northeast Pacific and a developing La Nina...

This article missed the June issue by just a few days, and we felt it was important enough that we print it in September; we can already...

With the substantial decrease in travel due to stay-at-home orders in response to the coronavirus, many urban areas have seen declines in...

One of the most well-known aspects of influenza, more commonly known as the ‘flu,’ is that it occurs in yearly, seasonal outbreaks, with...

All indications point towards a very favorable water supply for the summer. Reservoirs are filled to the brim west of the Cascades and...

The Pacific Northwest is a tough place to forecast the weather for in general, but nothing is tougher here than forecasting snow. This...