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By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – There’s a saying around the Pacific Northwest that summer doesn’t really start until after the Fourth of July.

By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – Last year on May 29, a thunderstorm rolled into parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho causing sporadic power outages and several reports of minor hail damage to cars. Though the storm caused no significant or widespread damage, the event was big […]

By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – The last time the Inland Northwest saw such a warm April, Franklin D. Roosevelt was president and a gallon of gasoline cost 10 cents.

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 Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – Most of us are familiar with the hazardous weather alerts given by the National Weather Service, ranging from winter storm warnings and flood advisories to severe thunderstorm watches.

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 […]