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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 3 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 3 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 3 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 4 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 4 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 4 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 5 years, 5 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 5 years, 5 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 5 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 5 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 6 months 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 6 months 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 5 years, 6 months 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 6 months 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 on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 6 months 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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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 6 months ago
Dry Halloweens are not a slam dunk for the Pacific Northwest. During my trick-or-treating career from 1996-2007 (yes, I trick-or-treated my freshman year of high school… social graces have never been a strong […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 6 months ago
The next two weeks look unseasonably calm. We’ll see a moderate system swing through on Friday, but other than that, our weather looks warmer and drier-than-average for the next 10 days as a strong, broad ridge of […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 6 months ago
The Pacific Northwest isn’t known for its rapidly changing seasons. We don’t exactly plunge into winter like the Northern Plains, and our slow trudge towards summer out of the depths of January is even slower. […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 6 months ago
In my AP European History class back in high school, I remember being astounded by some of the suffixes that the kings and queens had. With a name like Louis XVI, is it any surprise that the French rose up and […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 7 months ago
This past Sunday, I went trout fishing on the Yakima River with my dad and brother. The trout were there, but they were sluggish and not particularly enthusiastic about our flies. We didn’t had any hits on dry […]
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