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El Nino continues to strengthen
For many months, we have been featuring the strengthening El Nino in the waters of the south-central Pacific Ocean…
The ozone layer has been holding up
The weather pattern certainly changed in early November as we had more rain in the first two days of the month than all of October. At Cliff’s station, only 0.…
Halloween and more winter forecasts
Winter conditions arrived last week across the Inland Northwest as many locations received their first measurable snowfall for the season. At Cliff’s station, …
Our city-by-city winter of 2023-24 snowfall predictions
Every year in mid-autumn, Cliff and I issue our annual city-by-city snowfall predictions for North Idaho and surrounding areas of the Inland Empire.
The rest of October and Halloween outlook
The early portion of October produced some very warm weather across the Inland Northwest before showers and cooler temperatures arrived early last week.
First freeze and potential winter ice
This is the time of year when local gardeners will have to start monitoring the weather more closely as our region will eventually be heading toward freezing t…
We're in a strong solar cycle
Sunspots are storms on the Sun and during the height of a cycle, its magnetic poles will usually flip as the North Pole becomes the South Pole and vice-versa.
More weather extremes and El Niño
It’s been a very dry September across the Inland Northwest.
The fall foliage may be sooner this year
We’re into the early stages of the fall season and the beauty of the Inland Northwest is being enhanced by the annual “fall foliage.”
It's another active tropical storm and hurricane season
We’ve reached the peak of the tropical storm and hurricane season and it’s already going to be another memorable year.
Will the upcoming fall turn wet?
September is here and so was a change in our weather pattern. Much-needed rain returned to the region last week as we entered the “full moon” lunar phase.
El Niño seems to be getting stronger
Sea-surface temperatures along the equatorial regions are still climbing and U.S. forecasters who carefully watch the trends of ocean warming and cooling have …
Fires and hurricanes in the West
Despite the lowest number of total burned acres in the U.S. to date in more than 10 years, three major wildfires broke out that sent air pollution levels into …
More disastrous wildfires in other parts of the world
It’s another season with disastrous wildfires. The latest one occurred in Maui, one of Hawaii’s elite islands that is a popular tourist destination.
August moons and meteors
There has been much discussion about the moon for August as the celestial events for this month are rare.
Asteroids and heat
It’s been a very warm and dry July across the Inland Northwest. The average high for this month is around 89 degrees.