April 20, 2018
If you feel like you have your head in the clouds, in a sense, you do.
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March 21, 2018
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News
Hello, spring. Tuesday’s vernal equinox marked the start of astronomical spring, meaning that tulips, Canada geese and softball games are on the way.
February 28, 2018
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News
February is a transitionary month — a bridge from winter to early spring that typically starts out cold and ends with milder temperatures.
February 13, 2018
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News
Who needs a box of chocolates on Valentine’s Day when Mother Nature gave us a gift of mild winter? Until this week’s temperature dip and predicted snowfall beginning tonight, we enjoyed a long stretch of unseasonably warm days.
January 30, 2018
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News
If you enjoy knee-deep snow and a strong shot of cold temperatures, Old Man Winter is raining on your parade.
January 17, 2018
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News
The Pacific Northwest was blissfully insulated from the recent “bomb cyclone” that clobbered the East Coast on Jan. 4, along with the stunning cold spell that followed.
January 3, 2018
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News
From Arctic blasts of cold and snow to persistent heat and wildfire smoke, 2017 was a year of glaring weather contrasts for Washington state.
December 19, 2017
Black ice hangs out most often in places where there’s less warmth from the sun, including heavily shaded roads, underpasses, tunnels and the bottom of hills.
December 18, 2017
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News
For a few days last week — before Friday’s short but intense snowfall — patches of black ice were reported in the Inland Northwest.
December 5, 2017
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News
A long plume of warm, moist airflow from the tropics to the Western United States put record-warm temperatures and intermittent rain on the Thanksgiving Day menu in eastern Washington.