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Randy Mann
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Volcanic eruptions and flight delays
There are over 1,500 active volcanoes around the Earth with an average of 50-70 eruptions per year. According to V…
A review of the strange year of 2019
There’s no question that 2019 was another year of extremes across North Idaho and the rest of the world. With last year being so crazy weatherwise, Climatologist Cliff Harris put together a 2019 weather review of N…
Weather roller-coaster may continue
The Christmas holiday did produce some snow across North Idaho. Unfortunately, the snow that did fall on Christmas Day in Coeur d’Alene melted almost immediately as the ground was too warm. Therefore, the odds caug…
White Christmas now officially iffy
As of this writing late last week, it looked like there was a chance that we would get another white Christmas across North Idaho. If there is snow on ground on Christmas Day, I don’t expect it to be much, perhaps …
Fear not: White Christmas lookin' good
Snow finally returned to the Inland Northwest last week. However, totals to date are a little below average despite the fast start in September and October. Since the season began, Cliff has measured approximately …
A similar solar cycle to 2007 and 2008
We’re moving into the second week of December and many are concerned about the recent lack of snow across North Idaho. It’s almost a case of “feast or famine” when it comes to snow around the region.
New lunar cycle could bring us snow
After a very early start to the snowfall season across North Idaho and the rest of the Inland Empire, November was practically snowless as Cliff measured only 0.1 inches. In downtown Coeur d’Alene and other areas, …
Better know your advisories, North Idaho
The snowfall season for the 2019-20 season is off to a very early start. Rare snows in late September and October resulted in 6.6 inches of snow at Cliff’s station in Coeur d’Alene.
Yucky air: China, India have us beat
A relatively strong ridge of high pressure has been locked in over North Idaho and the rest of the Far West, leading to very stagnant air and smoggy conditions. During these types of patterns, pollution will often …
Here's your annual city-by-city 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.
Halloween storms and upcoming time change
Halloween arrives on Thursday and the weather will be dry for the area “trick-or-treaters.” Prior to Halloween, more snow showers are possible across the region today. Then, conditions should be mostly dry and cold…
More extreme weather in early October
The late summer and early fall of 2019 has seen some of the wildest and craziest weather extremes in recent memory. Here in North Idaho, we had not one, but two very early snowstorms that broke records that go all …
September's 'historic' storm in the North Country
Winter in North Idaho and other parts of the Pacific Northwest got off to a very early and rare start last weekend. For the 2019-20 season, Cliff has measured 1.1 inches of snow at his station. In Montana, this “hi…
Anglin with Anglen - 1973
Editor’s note: For 27 years, beginning Feb. 8, 1973, Ralph Anglen of Bonners Ferry wrote an outdoor column for the local paper that was widely read and used as a source of fishing and hunting information. It was ca…
Equinox about to make another return
Conditions across the Inland Northwest have certainly become more like autumn. However, fall doesn’t officially start until next Monday, Sept. 23, at 12:50 a.m.
Changing landscapes can alter weather patterns
Since my column last week that featured the fires in the Amazon rainforest, there were approximately 2,000 new fires that broke out in 48 hours. In South America, Brazil has reported nearly 90,000 fires from Januar…