By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – One of the strongest El Niños on record is waning. Now the big question is whether La Niña is on the way.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – A rare, early-April warmup will bring Washington state its first dose of summer, with temperatures surging into the upper 70s and low 80s in the region east of the Cascade Range.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – It was a blustery March in our region, with gusts reaching 31 mph on four days and mean daily wind speeds exceeding 10 mph on 13 days.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – The first day of spring on March 20 was gentle as a lamb – a welcome change to the surly cat that preceded it. After a stretch of wet and windy weather for much of the Inland Northwest, Mother Nature delivered patches […]
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – If the idiom, in like a lion, out like a lamb, holds true for the month of March, then the lion roared only one day this year. With the exception of some scattered snow flurries on March 1, the lion of winter […]
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Suddenly, February is April. Remarkably warm weather is embracing the Pacific Northwest, awakening daffodil bulbs and reviving community parks.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – Even for a region accustomed to clouds in winter, this month has been a doozy.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – If you live in the Inland Northwest, you know about its zigzaggy climate: One week we’re dressed in shorts, the next in coats; one day we’re opening umbrellas, the next we’re shoveling snow; one minute we’re wearing a hat, the next it’s […]
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – Last year was “by far” the Evergreen state’s warmest ever recorded, according to meteorologist Nic Loyd of Washington State University.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – Dreaming of a white Christmas? With only a week to go, whether the Inland Northwest still will have snow on the ground is literally up in the air.