Charlie Phillips
Mar 1, 2020
Water Supply in Good Shape for Summer
All indications point towards a very favorable water supply for the summer. Reservoirs are filled to the brim west of the Cascades and...
Charlie Phillips
Feb 1, 2020
Communicating a Snow Forecast
The Pacific Northwest is a tough place to forecast the weather for in general, but nothing is tougher here than forecasting snow. This...
Charlie Phillips
Dec 1, 2019
Thoughts for the 2019–20 Winter
Every year as autumn transitions to winter, we are bombarded with a seemingly endless supply of “winter weather outlooks.” The “Farmer’s...
Leschi Council
Oct 1, 2019
Lightning Strikes Tree of the Gods
One of the tallest deodar cedars (“tree of the gods” in Sanskrit) in Seattle was in Leschi Park until the lightning storm on September 7....
Charlie Phillips
Sep 1, 2019
Summer Fires Not as Bad as Expected
In my last article, I said that “we’d likely be in for yet another more active-than-normal fire season.” Thus far, that forecast has been...
Charlie Phillips
Jun 1, 2019
Another Smoky Summer Ahead?
I know I speak for us all in hoping for a tamer fire season this year. Long-range forecasts are always very tricky, but we’re now close...
Charlie Phillips
May 1, 2019
What Happened to Lake Washington’s Sockeye Salmon?
Some of my fondest childhood memories are of fishing for sockeye salmon just outside the Leschi Marina. I’ve had the privilege of fishing...
Charlie Phillips
Apr 1, 2019
Should We Switch to Year-Round Daylight Saving Time?
During our semi-annual switch on and off daylight saving time (DST), there are always flurries of articles that come out extolling the...
Charlie Phillips
Mar 1, 2019
Reviewing Seattle’s February Snowstorms
If you told me a month ago that February, 2019 would be Seattle’s snowiest month in 50 years, I would have told you that you were crazy....
Charlie Phillips
Feb 1, 2019
A Review of the 2019 Epiphany Windstorm
The strongest storm thus far of the 2018–2019 storm season brought a brief but intense blow to the Pacific Northwest on January 5/6, with...
Charlie Phillips
Jan 1, 2019
Tornado Strikes Port Orchard
During the early afternoon of Tuesday, December 18, the most powerful tornado to strike Washington since 1986 slammed into southern Port...
Charlie Phillips
Dec 1, 2018
The Fire of This Century
After such a horrendous fire season this summer for much of western North America, many Pacific Northwesterners welcomed the onset of...