Soil scientist David Brown named new AgWeatherNet director
David Brown, associate professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, is the new director of AgWeatherNet, Washington’s agricultural weather network.
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Weathercatch: Spring heat spell, then a cool-down, now warming again
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News After having only 11 days of sunshine since Jan. 1, last week looked — and felt — as though a giant lid was yanked off overhead. In a spring marked by clouds and drizzle, everything changed on April 23. Ample sunny skies appeared over the […]
Weathercatch: Meteorological madness ushers spring, snow to follow?
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.
Weathercatch: February fools region with weather in reverse
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.
Weathercatch: ‘Wintermission’ highlights first month of 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.
Weathercatch: ‘Bomb cyclones’ blast Pacific NW, just like East Coast
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.
Weathercatch: Snowdrifts, ice, heatwaves, wildfires — 2017 in review
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.
Weathercatch: Black ice mystery — how it formed when roads looked dry last week
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.
Weathercatch: ‘River in the sky’ delivers Hawaiian punch to region
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.
Weathercatch: Is our early snow an indicator of another rough winter?
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News Three remarkable calendar events unfolded this past weekend — the season’s first snow, a Hunter’s Moon and the end of daylight saving time.