It’s been a while
Hello everyone. Sorry about my absence. I’m realizing now that it’s been 12-13 years since I first started this website. Back then, I was a meteorology student at the University of Oklahoma. Nowadays, I’m a professional meteorologist; a weather forecaster with 8 years of experience living near Seattle. It’s been nearly 7 years since I’ve…
Prolonged severe weather outbreak on the way
There appears to be quite a prolonged severe weather setup on the way. Not only prolonged, but potentially a very potent set up at times as well. Personally, I don’t think I’ve seen a prolonged set up like this before. The severe weather begins on Friday, and likely continues through at least Wednesday or Thursday…
Hurricane Michael upgraded to category 5
Yesterday, the National Hurricane Center announced that it was upgrading Hurricane Michael to a category 5 hurricane. Hurricane Michael, which made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida on October 10 of last year, was originally rated as a high-end category 4 storm with 155 mph winds. But a post-storm analysis determined that wind speeds were actually…
This week’s severe weather continues
We are now into day three of this severe weather outbreak. The Storm Prediction Center has given today a Moderate Risk of severe weather, the second highest rating. Damaging wind is the primary concern, although tornadoes and large hail will also be possible. Basically, a fairly strong trough is moving through the eastern CONUS today.…
Multi-day severe weather event begins today
The next wave of severe weather has arrived. As depicted on the image below, there will be a combination of a shortwave trough and a somewhat cut off low moving through the Midwest this afternoon. The somewhat cut off low, with its forecasted 80+ knot winds, will be providing the most upper level support today.…
Severe weather over the weekend
This past weekend had the largest severe weather outbreak so far this year. Unfortunately, there were a few fatalities. The severe weather outbreak started on Saturday. The Storm Prediction Center gave the day a Moderate Risk of severe weather; the second highest rating. Overall, it was kind of a messy day. A couple different lines…
Welcome to the new MMU!
So! I am in the process of updating the website. I have added WordPress to the homepage to make editing things a bit quicker. I may be editing other parts of the website as well. The plan is to turn this website into more of a blog, where I’ll talk about the weather, my travels…
Artist Point snowshoe
Well, one day I decided I wanted to get into snowshoe camping. So, I bought myself some snowshoes. For my first snowshoe adventure, I decided to hike to an area known as Artist Point; located near Mt. Baker. I actually had to wait a few weeks before I could go on my snowshoe; had to…
Hello from Washington State!
Hello everyone! It’s been a while! I guess a recap of events is in order. I was living in Peoria, Illinois, and working down in Washington, Illinois. But I applied for, and was hired at, a new job; this one in Bellevue, Washington. I moved from Peoria at the end of June, 2016 to my…