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Randy Mann
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Bomb cyclones have made headlines this month
Last week, a massive Pacific storm, which was referred to as a “bomb cyclone,” battered the western regions of Was…
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…
The rest of the hurricane season may be more active
For this year, the Atlantic and Caribbean tropical storm and hurricane season has been relatively quiet. To date, there have been only 4 named storms. Of those 4 systems, only one became a hurricane, which was Barr…
Fires and first freezes
Last week was the hottest week of the summer season in Coeur d’Alene and the rest of the Inland Empire. Highs reached the mid 90s last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before much cooler air arrived over the weekend…
Wildfires have moved farther to the north this summer season
Compared to the last two hot and dry summers, 2018 and 2017, this one has been pretty nice. There have been only three 90-degree days in Coeur d’Alene thus far during the summer of 2019. The first one occurred on J…
'Extreme' June? Not so much in North Idaho
June was another month of “extremes” across the globe. However, here in North Idaho, conditions overall were close to normal.
Midwest Floods And World Droughts
After a dry and warm spell across North Idaho, rain and cooler temperatures returned to the region late last week. As of the weekend, Cliff has measured about an inch-and-a-third of rain for the month of June. The …
An early taste of summer across the inland northwest
Summer arrived early as record-breaking heat moved across the Far West last week. Cliff measured our first 90-degree day on Thursday, June 13. That was only 1 degree short of the record of 91 degrees set back in 19…
The heat index and wildfire forecast
Next Friday morning, June 21, the official start of summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere. However, we’ve already seen very hot temperatures across parts of the country, especially in the Southeast where highs r…
A rough spring for the central U.S.
Weather conditions for 2019 have already been “extreme” across North Idaho and the rest of the world. We had the record snows in February and the driest first half of May in history before the soaking rains moved i…
Storm system dislodges dry weather pattern
The first two weeks of May in Coeur d’Alene were the driest since records were kept beginning in 1895. There was not a drop of rain during the first 14 days of the month, but 0.05 inches fell on the 15th. Then, our…
Dry in the Northwest with floods in the central U.S.
There has been no respite from all of the extreme weather across the country. Here in the Inland Northwest, we went from a milder-than-average early winter to the snowiest February in recorded history. The new wett…
Our late fall and winter seasons have been wet
Coeur d’Alene and the rest of the Inland Empire have been receiving plenty of moisture during the November through March period, especially in recent years. Ho…
Wildfires have led to polluted air
Last week, the American Lung Association released its “State of the Air” report, showing that air pollution in the United States continues to get worse. The report covered the years from 2015 to 2017 and the Spokan…
Large hail a rarity in North Idaho
Several weeks ago, I wrote about our thunderstorm season. So far, we haven’t seen any thunderstorm development across the Inland Northwest. All the severe weather has been over the southern U.S. as three tornado ou…
Could North Idaho have another rough wildfire season?
The spring of 2019 is starting off wet across North Idaho and the rest of the Inland Empire. Last week, on April 9, Cliff measured .90 inches of rain from a st…