by Paul Douglas | Jan 1, 2020 | Weather
Pacific Breeze Returns – No Sign of a Painful Polar Vortex Happy 2020! By the way, where’s my flying car? Think about it. Years ago when you daydreamed about the 21st century you pictured monorails, robotic butlers and romantic getaways to the moon....
by Paul Douglas | Dec 31, 2019 | Weather
Note to Self: It’s Just Frozen Water “Dad, you don’t have to shovel water” my oldest son, Walt, bragged. We were visiting their home in Seattle; 50-degree sunshine never felt better. Minnesota had been transformed into a vast ice skating rink...
by D.J. Kayser | Dec 23, 2019 | Weather
Monday’s National Weather Forecast On Monday, an area of low pressure in the Southeast will continue to bring heavy rain and gustier winds. Rain and snow will be possible in the Southwest with an area of low pressure off the southern California coast....
by Paul Douglas | Dec 21, 2019 | Weather
Happy 40-Degree Winter Solstice! Meteorologists are great fun at parties. Get us in a corner with a cup of (cheap) eggnog and we’ll babble on about Alberta Clippers, Bomb Cyclones, maybe throw in a scandalous Texas Hooker. Just to clear up any ambiguity, a...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 20, 2019 | Weather
Enduring the Dark Days of December “If only I was as brilliant during daylight as I am at twilight”, wrote Anastasia Bolinder. December is a month of perpetual twilight. Today’s ration of sunlight is 8 hours and 46 minutes. That compares to 15 hours,...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 19, 2019 | Weather
Hanging Onto a (Slushy) White Christmas Santa is chill, because we will have a white-ish Christmas this year, in spite of a prolonged, slow-motion meltdown. Daytime highs reach or top 32F from Friday into Christmas Day. If the sun comes out Sunday 40F isn’t out...
