By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist and Linda Weiford, WSU News When it comes to Halloween weather conditions, Mother Nature has handed out plenty of tricks in the Inland Northwest.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist and Linda Weiford, WSU News A blast of cool, wet weather engulfed the region during the first few days of October. Not only did it dig in over the Inland Northwest, but most of the western United States.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News Hello autumn. Well, sort of. When the first day of fall arrived last Friday, some of us in the Inland Northwest woke up to the first frost of the season.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – A human is to blame for starting Washington state’s largest wildfire, burning since July 23.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News Two songs best sum up the weather we just left behind – “Heat Wave” and “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.”
By Linda Weiford, WSU News LIND, Wash. – The day Mount St. Helens erupted, Gladie Nagamitsu vividly remembers when noon turned to midnight and the sky started raining down on the tiny farming town of Lind, Wash., where she lives.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News LIND, Wash. – The eastern Washington town of Lind broke a record this winter for having the longest streak of snow cover since employees at Washington State University’s Dryland Research Station started keeping records 100 years ago.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. — Last year we enjoyed the warmest April since 1934, a Dust Bowl year. You may recall that, for 25 glorious days, temperatures ran above normal, putting temperatures in the Inland Northwest on par with those in southern California and Florida.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – When it comes to precipitation, the Inland Northwest has really been dumped on. Look no further than the pot holes, soggy lawns and tattered rubber boots for proof. And now — landslides.