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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 7 months ago
When I was younger, my parents would get me the “Old Farmers Almanac” every year for Christmas. In a time before I knew about dynamical climate models and ensemble-based, bias-corrected seasonal forecasting, the […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 7 months ago
More satellite eye-candy today! Take a look below (note – if you are receiving this post via email, you may have to go to the actual post to see the loop).
One thing that immediately stands out is the […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 7 months ago
Today’s weather pattern is a real treat to look at on satellite. We have marginally unstable air moving inland, and this air is just unstable enough to give crustal clear, bluebird skies over the ocean but h […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 7 months ago
In my last blog post on 8/30, I warned of a “late-season heatwave with offshore flow” that would “dramatically increase fire danger for the Pacific Northwest.” But when I wrote that, never in my wildest dreams did […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 8 months ago
A lot has happened in the weather department since I wrote my last blog two weeks ago. Washington, Oregon, and California all declared a State of Emergency due to widespread wildfires, and the entire Western US […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 9 months ago
I’m writing from the front porch of an old fishing cabin in Sekiu, a small fishing village along the Strait of Juan de Fuca approximately 15 miles ESE of Cape Flattery. I’m being treated to an incredible – and […]
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Great lightning photo! Did you really take it?
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 9 months ago
Hi all, I’m back after a hiatus! We really haven’t had much to talk about and I’ve been busy spending lots of time with my family, so blogging and weather updates have fallen by the wayside. However, we’re […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 10 months ago
Two Sundays ago, I proudly proclaimed that Juneuary would end on the 17th. But taking a look at the webcam from Timberline Lodge this morning, that appears to have been a premature call! Just another example of […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 10 months ago
What a beautiful sunset tonight! I’m currently on Whidbey Island just north of Seattle, but Portland saw a spectacular sunset as well.
When the sun is low on the horizon like it is at […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 10 months ago
We saw a little-known, but fascinating meteorological feature off the coast of Vancouver Island today… a little swirl in the clouds created due to differences in the strength of northwesterly winds along the […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 10 months ago
Sometimes you have to take a step back and chuckle at the situation we find ourselves in. The pandemic and social unrest are no laughing matter, of course. But when you hear that “Murder Hornets” have invaded the […]
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Our local weather gurus are telling us to look for some spectacular sunsets resulting from this phenomenon. May be some great photo opportunities.
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 10 months ago
I ran through some quick climate stats for Portland Int’l Airport, and since Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend (5/23), only 2 of 10 weekends (this includes Memorial Day) have had temperatures at or above-average, […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 11 months ago
The Portland NWS issued a “Special Weather Statement” at 4pm warning of the potential for “cold core funnel clouds” this afternoon. But what is a “cold core funnel cloud,” you might ask??
Special Weather […]
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Charlie Phillips commented on the post, The Pacific Northwest's non-Cascade volcano, on the site 5 years, 11 months ago
Wow, awesome post Mark! Didn’t know Axial Seamount was under a hotspot… didn’t even know it erupted so recently. Thanks for sharing.
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 11 months ago
The weather sounds like the most inconsequential thing to talk about during these times, but if it weren’t for – you know – the global pandemic and revolution stuff – it would absolutely make front-line news. A […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 11 months ago
I’m committing one of the cardinal sins of weather blogging here: putting a high-impact, but uncertain, forecast in the title of a weather blog. I truly believe that this is an unethical practice, and that those […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 5 years, 11 months ago
One of our family friends described Pacific Northwest weather as being ‘stuck in a wet sock.’ Today has certainly felt that way. We’ve had a steady drip of rain here on Whidbey Island but hardly anything in the […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 6 years ago
What a wet weekend it has been! Many places across the I-5 corridor have picked up 0.25-0.75 inches of rain over the past 48 hours, but the Olympics and Coast Range have seen much more, with 1-2 inches common. […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 6 years ago
I was perusing the Facebook weather-sphere the other day, and KPTV chief meteorologist Mark Nelsen pointed out that the Blob had resurfaced dramatically over the past month in the Northeast Pacific. Taking a look […]
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Thanks for the update, Charlie! Looking forward to the sun and warmer temps as we are walking the doggies so much now. bolB!!
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 6 years ago
When I was trying to think of non forecast-related topics to blog about the other day, all the topics that came to my mind were depressing. I didn’t want to write about our worsening drought situation or the the […]
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Charlie, I don’t really pay much attention to long range forecasts as they rarely seem to be accurate here in Michigan. Last winter was predicted to be brutal for us, and it was just the opposite. This year, they are giving us mixed opinions. Maybe that’s the smartest and safest way to go. Have a great day.