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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…
Mother Nature leaves a pile of bills
This extreme weather for 2017 is going to be the costliest in history. The two huge hurricanes, Harvey and Irma, could have a price tag of nearly $300 billion. That's about 25 percent of all the combined natural di…
Western wildfires may set records
The 2017 fire season in the western U.S. has been described as “the worst in recorded history” by many officials. Smoke has been reported across British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Wyo…
Hurricane season expected to become more active
Last week, I was one of the lucky ones (or crazy ones) to experience the “Great American Eclipse.” I must admit, it was an amazing sight to see the moon covering the sun, even it was just for about a minute and 20 …
Eclipse is here; so is Farmer's Almanac winter prediction
After weeks, months and even years of planning for the big event, the day has finally arrived for the much-anticipated solar eclipse.
Here comes the eclipse and some new facts
About a month ago, I wrote a feature on the upcoming solar eclipse. In what is considered to be a rare event for this eclipse to be viewed across the U.S., many folks are “gearing up” and, in some cases, planning t…
Pattern of 'extremes' continues for our region
The Inland Northwest continues to endure one extreme weather pattern after another. Many forecasters and scientists are saying this part of the country has been the most “extreme” for 2017 thanks to the cold and we…
July extremes across our region and the world
It was certainly a very warm and dry July across the Inland Northwest. According to Cliff’s records, this was the eighth-driest July in history as only 0.03 inches of rain fell. Since 1895, there were seven other y…
The driest and wettest places across the globe
With all the extremes going on across our planet, I do get questions from time-to-time about the wettest and driest places.
Earthquakes in the Northwest are more frequent
A rare 5.8 earthquake struck Montana around 12:30 a.m. MDT early Thursday morning. I chatted with many people and the sound sleepers didn’t feel anything. But, many felt the quake as far west as Spokane. My bed sho…
A spectacular solar eclipse is coming
Recently, I have received many questions about the upcoming solar eclipse that is coming in less than 2 months. On the morning of Aug. 21, the moon will move d…
Heating up early in the West, Southwest
Our weather here across the Inland Northwest has literally been the envy of those living in California, the Desert Southwest and the Southeast last week. While temperatures in Coeur d’Alene and surrounding regions …
Lightning - facts and figures, odds of being hit
We’re now near the end of the spring season and many areas have already seen more thunderstorms in 2017 than at the same time in 2016.
The effects of our full moon
Weather patterns across the Inland Northwest flipped to the hotter and drier side late last month. On May 30, Coeur d’Alene and other stations reported their f…
Normal hurricane season expected in Atlantic, Caribbean
May was the fourth month in a row with above normal precipitation in Coeur d’Alene. But, the final total for this month will end up at 2.89 inches, very close to the normal of 2.37 inches.
Sunspot activity is getting lower
We’re going to see the return of springlike weather as there will be lots of sunshine and temperatures warming to around the 80-degree mark through Tuesday. Then, we’ll have the return of occasional showers and thu…