@charliep127
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, The Showers and Sunbreaks of Spring, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 8 months ago
When somebody asks me the forecast and I want to give them a (good-spirited) sarcastic response, I’ll usually give them a forecast of “showers and sunbreaks.” I’ll say something like “we’ll see various types of […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Splendid Weather Wednesday, But Rain Returns Thursday Evening, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 8 months ago
What beautiful weather we’ve had this week! I’ve been outside in shorts & a t-shirt the past few days, and let me tell ya – 60 degrees has never felt so warm before! The snowstorms of mid-February seem like a […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Major Snowstorm and Icestorm Increasingly Likely for Western Washington and NW Oregon, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 9 months ago
It now appears likely that Western Washington and NW Oregon will experience a series of significant winter storms from midday Thursday through Saturday evening, bringing snow, sleet, freezing rain, extremely […]
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Charlie Phillips commented on the post, What's the deal with Monday's dusty rain?, on the site Ingalls Weather 3 years, 9 months ago
Awesome post Mark! I remember the “milky rain” back in 2015 – very cool that you could trace the origins of the dust in this rain.
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, How The Rockies Protect The West From Arctic Outbreaks, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 9 months ago
I’m not a big beer drinker. However, I always have a few cans of Coors in my fridge in case some friends come over and want to crack a cold one. Why Coors? Because the mountains turn blue when it’s “as cold as the […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Lowland Snow Review, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 10 months ago
There are many well-known portmanteaus of snow and catastrophic descriptors, with Snowzilla, Snowmageddon, and Snowpocalypse being some of the primary offenders. But what about a more pedestrian snowfall that […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Snow Likely In the Air, Unlikely on the Ground Sunday & Tuesday Night/Wednesday Morning, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 10 months ago
It’s been said that “snow is the most difficult thing to forecast in the Pacific Northwest.” And while I believe this is often true – our terrain, microclimates, and often marginal temperatures can make snow […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, A Review of the January 12-13, 2021 Windstorm, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 10 months ago
It’s been a while since we had a significant, regionwide, winter windstorm hit the Pacific NW. The last major windstorm to hit the Inland Northwest was the 11/17/2015 windstorm, which brought an extended period of […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Why Do The Latest Sunrises Occur After The Winter Solstice?, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 10 months ago
We all know that the winter solstice has the shortest daylight of the year. But you might be surprised to learn that this solstice has neither the earliest sunset, nor the latest sunrise, of any day throughout the […]
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Charlie, yes, I have wondered about this and thank you for answering the question!
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, La Nina Pattern To Begin 2021, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 10 months ago
One of our family friends is a brilliant oceanography professor and extremely accomplished skier, and he has a t-shirt that says “Viva La Nina.” It’s a perfect shirt for an oceanographer (since La Nina is a […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Solstice Snowstorm Review, Plus a Quick Christmas Forecast, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 11 months ago
Happy Christmas Eve everybody! I hope this post finds you all in good health and cheer, or at least as good as things can be considering the times. I was fortunate enough to witness the “Grand Conjunction” last […]
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Charlie Phillips commented on the post, Rainier Pattern Arrives Tuesday, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 11 months ago
Thanks so much for reading Rich! If you ever have any questions about the technical points just post them in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them.
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Charlie Phillips commented on the post, Rainier Pattern Arrives Tuesday, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 11 months ago
Mountains looked beautiful yesterday from afar, bummed I couldn’t go up this weekend but aiming to next weekend! And yes, Mark Ingalls thought the same thing when he saw the title 😀
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Rainier Pattern Arrives Tuesday, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 11 months ago
When most Portlanders think of December, they think of Christmas trees, advent calendars, and cars with those big bows on them. Certainly not sunny skies, and much less 50+ degree temperatures to accompany […]
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Charlie, I’ve been enjoying the dry weather here, especially when having the doggies outside, though looking forward to more precip., especially mountain snows.
incidentally, when I saw your blog post title, I first read, “Rainier” as the volcano instead of the wet version! Wow, to get a Mt. Rainier pattern in Portland would be AMAZING!! -
Mountains looked beautiful yesterday from afar, bummed I couldn’t go up this weekend but aiming to next weekend! And yes, Mark Ingalls thought the same thing when he saw the title 😀
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Thanks so much for reading Rich! If you ever have any questions about the technical points just post them in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them.
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Ridges, Inversions, and East Winds, on the site Charlie's Weather 3 years, 12 months ago
For our high school senior portraits in the Garfield High School yearbook, we had the option of putting a quote next to our name. I quoted the great John Ruskin, a multi-talented, leading English art critic of the […]
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Thanks for this–from the Ruskin-quoting high-schooler who’s become a true weather pro!
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Friday Storm Update: Models Dramatically Weaker, Windstorm NOT Expected, on the site Charlie's Weather 4 years ago
We’ve seen a dramatic shift in most model solutions over the past 48 hours. On Monday, models showed a very deep low – approximately 965-970 mb – making landfall near the northern tip of Vancouver Island, […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Friday Storm Update – Strong Winds Likely For the Coast, Less Certain Inland, on the site Charlie's Weather 4 years ago
Good evening all! There’s a lot of buzz regarding Friday’s storm, so I thought I’d write a quick update clarifying some of the potential impacts of the storm and how the forecast has changed since […]
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Charlie Phillips commented on the post, Active Pattern Next Two Weeks, Major Storm Possible on Friday, on the site Charlie's Weather 4 years ago
Yeah, looking at seasonal snow totals you are right… I just remember it as being underwhelming cause we had a late start (very little snow November/December, but a ton of snow the first half of January) and getting cut short in March from COVID. Wasn’t able to make it up to the slopes during that early January dump but I bet the conditions were…[Read more]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Active Pattern Next Two Weeks, Major Storm Possible on Friday, on the site Charlie's Weather 4 years ago
According to a 2005 Gallup poll, Americans think November is the 8th best month of the year. November has a few things going for it; the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, increasingly competitive football games, […]
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Yeah, looking at seasonal snow totals you are right… I just remember it as being underwhelming cause we had a late start (very little snow November/December, but a ton of snow the first half of January) and getting cut short in March from COVID. Wasn’t able to make it up to the slopes during that early January dump but I bet the conditions were epic then. It’s good to hear from you Sam, hope you are doing well.
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post, Mountain Snow Season Arrives Friday, Eta To Bring Catastrophic Flooding To Nicaragua/Honduras, on the site Charlie's Weather 4 years ago
We had the best Halloween weather in 95 years and stunning weather today, and Monday will be another beautiful day with only a few high clouds increasing late in the day. But by Tuesday morning, the first of […]
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