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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…
Magnetic north is moving
Our Earth’s geomagnetic field, also known simply as the planet’s magnetic field, protects us from the solar winds and deadly cosmic rays that would severely damage or destroy the ozone layer that shields our planet…
A short distance can make a big difference
Late last year, I received a few emails asking about the climate differences between Spokane and Coeur d’Alene. The distance between the two cities is approximately 33 miles. Across much of the country, there is no…
Mann responds to 'attack on credibility'
Friday, a My Turn column suggested that my weekly columns are based upon material that is “not based on science” and the information is “plagiarized.”
Rain, snow and ice glaze Inland Northwest
Moisture totals for the start of 2019 are doing well across Coeur d’Alene and the rest of the Inland Empire. We did get a break from the precipitation this weekend, but more rain and snow should be seen across the …
Keep an eye on weather advisories, warnings
It was another interesting year weatherwise across North Idaho. Despite having one of the driest summer and early fall seasons for the second year in a row, our annual precipitation total of rain and melted snow en…
Another year of extremes in 2018
It’s sounding like a broken record, but 2018 was another year of weather extremes across much of the U.S. and other parts of the world. And, with another El Nino brewing in the waters of the south-central Pacific O…
Christmas weather records
Tuesday is Christmas Day and there’s a good chance we’ll have a fourth year in a row with snow on the ground in North Idaho. As I mentioned last week, according to Cliff’s records, there has never been a white Chri…
Will snow be home for Christmas?
As Cliff and I have been forecasting, it’s looking like it’s going to be a tough season for snow, especially in the lower elevations. For the 2018-19 season, we’re predicting about 50 inches of snow for Coeur d’Ale…
Seismic stats might rattle your cage
On Nov. 30, Anchorage, Alaska, was hit with a 7.0 earthquake that led to widespread damage of buildings and roads as well as knocking out power. Fortunately, there were no reported deaths.
Conditions lining up for possible ice storms
It’s certainly been a chilly weather pattern east of the Rockies in November. Parts of the Northeast had one of the coldest Thanksgiving holidays in recent memory. It was cold enough that rare early snowfalls were …
Sunspot activity is non-existent
One of the indicators that Cliff and I look at when determining long-range forecasts, especially for the winter seasons are sunspots, or storms on the sun. When the sun is going through an active cycle, there will …
The Northwest's most infamous fire
For several weeks, I’ve been talking about the big fires in California. The Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state’s history, as of early Sunday, has claimed 76 lives and left over 1,00…
This will likely be California's worst fire season in history
It was another tough week for California firefighters. Although it’s mid-November, wildfire season in the Far West continues to rage on. The blaze in Northern California has made international headlines and destroy…
A trip to the Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been listed as one of the seven natural wonders of the world. It’s the Earth’s largest coral reef system, composed of nearly 3,000 individual reefs and approximately 900 islands s…
A new El Nino is more likely this fall
We’re finally seeing a change in the weather pattern toward the wetter side here in North Idaho. Late last week, Cliff measured 1.03 inches of rain from a big …