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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News A rare weather phenomenon flashed and boomed over parts of the Palouse last Thursday night. Lightning and thunderclaps accompanied tumbling snowflakes in what meteorologists call a thundersnow.