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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, The Model Giveth, The Model Taketh Away, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 10 months ago
In some of my previous blog posts this week, I talked about the potential for a major, extended arctic blast that could hang around for the first two weeks of January. Unfortunately for snow lovers, there has been […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, New Year's Snow Review, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 10 months ago
As expected, the weak low that passed through from the NNW through Southwestern Washington last night brought scattered snow showers to parts of the area, with the highest amounts being in the Central Sound […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, New Year's Snow Update, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 10 months ago
I’ve been posting relatively brief “Snupdates” on WeatherTogether’s Facebook Page tonight, but I’m seeing some interesting new developments on radar and thought I’d write a more in depth blog post about what I’m […]
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Charlie Phillips commented on the post, Spotty New Year's Snow, Bigger Event Late Next Week?, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 10 months ago
Thank you Gretchen! Enjoy New Year’s Eve, starting a blog right now about the potential for snow flakes to ring in the New Year! Hope you are doing well.
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Charlie Phillips commented on the post, Yet Another Pattern Change Update, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 11 months ago
Thanks for the report. Right now it looks like it won’t quite reach us, but any time it’s near us it bears mentioning. Extended is still very interesting with potential for lots of snow, but low confidence due to a range of model solutions.
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Charlie Phillips commented on the post, Yet Another Pattern Change Update, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 11 months ago
Thanks Laura! I appreciate it. It’s really fun to write, and it makes me feel even better knowing that you all enjoy it so much!
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Spotty New Year's Snow, Bigger Event Late Next Week?, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 11 months ago
New model runs are coming in as we speak, and they show a similar scenario for late New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day. Next week still looks like the coldest in several years, and there is low confidence in a […]
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This is SO cool. I’m very impressed!!
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Thank you Gretchen! Enjoy New Year’s Eve, starting a blog right now about the potential for snow flakes to ring in the New Year! Hope you are doing well.
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Yet Another Pattern Change Update, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 11 months ago
I must admit, it’s a little difficult coming up with varying titles for your blogs when you are simply blogging about the same thing. It’s not as difficult as forecasting snow in Seattle, but it’s definitely […]
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Thanks Laura! I appreciate it. It’s really fun to write, and it makes me feel even better knowing that you all enjoy it so much!
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Thanks for the report. Right now it looks like it won’t quite reach us, but any time it’s near us it bears mentioning. Extended is still very interesting with potential for lots of snow, but low confidence due to a range of model solutions.
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Confidence Building In A Major Arctic Outbreak, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 11 months ago
Well, another day has passed, and my confidence is building that we will see a major and prolonged arctic outbreak for the first half of January. We’ve got a lot to talk about, so let’s get right to it.
In my […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Major Arctic Outbreak On Tap For Next Week, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 11 months ago
As a forecaster, it’s always a little nerve-wracking when models are consistently showing a high-impact event. In fact, in some ways, it’s more nerve-wracking than if the models were showing a variety of different […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Extremely Heavy Snow In The Mountains This Week, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 11 months ago
After a few days of chilly and slightly unsettled conditions, stormy weather has once again returned to the Pacific Northwest. And with our latest system, the big story is snow in the mountains.
Winter […]
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Charlie Phillips posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
This is a test post!
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Santa's Christmas Forecast, on the site Charlie's Weather 7 years, 11 months ago
I’m very busy today preparing for a Christmas-Eve party with my family, but I thought I’d get in a quick Christmas Eve and Christmas Day forecast for the citizens of Western Washington, as well as a quick […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Heavy Snow Over The Cascades For Thanksgiving, on the site Charlie's Weather 8 years ago
Good news, winter weather lovers. Snow is returning to the Cascades, and it’s doing so in a big way.
Snow will start impacting the Olympics and Coast Mountains of British Columbia early Tuesday morning as a […]
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Charlie Phillips started the topic Puget Sound AMS Chapter Meeting This Saturday in the forum Events 8 years ago
There will be a meeting of the Puget Sound Chapter of the AMS (American Meteorological Society) at 10 AM this Saturday at Seattle’s Lake City Library! UW Professor Cliff Mass, NWS Seattle forecaster Andy Haner, and KOMO’s Scott Sistek will primarily talk about the “Ides of October” windstorm that had much lower winds than forecast. And yes, there…[Read more]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Major Windstorm On Saturday Looking More Likely, on the site Charlie's Weather 8 years, 1 month ago
It now appears more likely than it did yesterday that the Puget Sound area will experience a major windstorm on Saturday.
Before we get into Saturday though, let’s take a quick look at what’s happening right […]
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Charlie Phillips added a new photo 8 years, 1 month ago
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Charlie Phillips started the topic NWAC 2016 SnowBash in the forum Events 8 years, 1 month ago
NWAC (Northwest Avalanche Center) is having their annual pre-season fundraiser on October 15, 2016 at the evo store in Seattle. NWAC works closely with the National Weather Service meteorologists in Seattle (they work in the same room) to provide detailed weather and avalanche forecasts for the Cascades and Olympics free of charge. They are a…[Read more]
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Charlie Phillips started the topic NWAC 2016 SnowBash in the forum Events 8 years, 1 month ago
NWAC (Northwest Avalanche Center) is having their annual pre-season fundraiser on October 15, 2016 at the evo store in Seattle. NWAC works closely with the National Weather Service meteorologists in Seattle (they work in the same room) to provide detailed weather and avalanche forecasts for the Cascades and Olympics free of charge. They are a…[Read more]
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Thanks David. I have to say, it was a bit painful looking at all these amazing model runs and CPC charts – we were so close to an extremely snowy pattern. Hopefully we’ll still get some on Saturday… I’m looking into that now.
Thanks for reading the blog and engaging with the posts on the Facebook page, I really appreciate it.
– Charlie
Yeah, it’s pretty much dead. Models don’t show it re-emerging for the next couple weeks, but it will likely reappear at some point before winter is over. The location of the block is key – we want it to be centered near 150 W for our best chances for an arctic outbreak. If it’s directly over us, we’ll just get a huge inversion with fog and temperatures in the 30s in the lowlands but snow levels up at 10,000 feet.