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But then a miracle occurred: a series of atmospheric rivers pushed into the Southwest, dropping immense amounts of precipitation over the Colorado River drainage.

We will enjoy PDO “protection” this year as well, so predictions of El Nino flooding on the WA coast by certain local media outlets and some social media channels are exaggerated.

Quite a contrast to classic El Niños that take the moisture plumes into California.

From the Cliff Mass Weather Blog Cliff Mass The media is going wild about the potential for a SUPER El Nino developing this year. An El Niño of potentially unequaled…

Yesterday, the New York Times ran a story that was blatantly false, with the Seattle Times featuring it as well. 

The result or this  atmospheric river and some weaken cousins this week, will be massive rainfall on the West Coast.

Apparently, all those people missed the fact that they were looking at the output of a climate model, not actually measured temperatures.

From the Cliff Mass Weather Blog I am getting tired of writing about the Seattle Times, but their miscommunication is simply getting worse, and I think you should know about…

Many of the climate attribution studies are resulting in headlines that are deceptive and result in people coming to incorrect conclusions about the relative roles of global warming and natural variability in current extreme...

As we get closer to the big heat event, powerful new forecasting tools are becoming available. Tools that provide a higher resolution and more nuanced view of the extreme heatwave event that is about to happen.

Surface temperatures will get above 112F over and near the western slopes of the Cascades. Large portions of western Oregon and Washington away from the water will be above 104F.

Knowing the future climate is very important, because we can take steps to adapt to climate change, saving lives and property. And the threat of unpleasant consequences can motivate society to take steps to reduce carbon...

Did global warming (a.k.a. climate change) have a significant impact on the Northwest wildfires of the past few weeks?

It is time for me to speak about my firing from KNKX and I will reveal much that is not known publicly about the station, its leadership, and the events that have occurred...

A weatherman for a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate in Tacoma has been taken off the air for a personal blog post that shows in vivid detail the destruction two months of incessant rioting and protests have wrecked on...