I went to Cabo Verde for work but on the way here I had a long layover in Casablanca, Morocco that allowed me to head into the city for my first ever visit to Africa. Morocco has been on my wishlist for a while, admittedly because of the song Morocco by Moon Taxi which I […]

Dynamic weather is forecast for the Pacific Northwest through Thursday with a low pressure system forecast to make landfall on Vancouver Island and continue eastward across Southern British Columbia. This low will drag a cold front along, sweeping through Washington and Oregon to bring strong winds. These strong winds have prompted the National Weather Service […]

At 05:42 Tuesday, a M3.0 earthquake was recorded between Bothell and Monroe to the northeast of Seattle. This earthquake was at a depth of 23.9 km (14.8 mi), limiting the area it was felt in the Puget Sound Region. It was initially reported as M3.2 before revised down as more data came in. As of […]

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The upper-level ridge over the Pacific Northwest this week is forecast to shift toward the Rocky Mountains. This will open the region back up to an incoming cold front associated with a deep low-pressure system in the Gulf of Alaska. The front moves in from northwest to southeast. We’ll probably start seeing increased clouds on […]

The energy grid is becoming increasingly exposed to weather variability. Some of this has always been the case as temperatures drive energy demand through heating and air conditioning. With decarbonization bringing new wind and solar assets, weather volatility is changing markets and meteorologists are becoming more common in the industry. I have been a meteorologist […]

Last week we went on a family vacation that included a stop in Falmouth, Jamaica. Falmouth is a small town on the north side of the island situated to the east of Montego Bay. This was our first visit to Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa passed right over this region last October. This storm made landfall with […]