Leschi Council
Nov 1, 2018
El Niño Comes Alive
Sea surface temperatures really ramped up in the Tropical Pacific over the course of October, and it is looking increasingly likely that...
Charlie Phillips
Oct 1, 2018
Autumn has Arrived
Thanks to a much-needed period of cooler and wetter than normal weather this past month, the hellishly hazy skies and suffocating heat of...
Charlie Phillips
Sep 1, 2018
Record-Breaking Smoke Hits Area
We all remember how smoky it was in 2017. The Pacific Northwest saw multiple periods of thick smoke through August 2017, and on September...
Charlie Phillips
Jun 1, 2018
Kilauea Comes Alive!
Unless you’ve been living under a lava bed, you’ve heard all about the dramatic increase in volcanic activity at Kilauea last month. But...
Leschi Council
Apr 1, 2018
The Showers and Sun Breaks of Spring
April is one of the most erratic, varied, and difficult-to-forecast months in the Pacific Northwest. Major windstorms, while rare, are...
Charlie Phillips
Mar 1, 2018
Winter Finally Arrives to the Pacific Northwest
I like to think of Valentine’s Day as the unofficial end of winter for the Puget Sound lowlands. After Valentine’s Day, it becomes much...
Charlie Phillips
Feb 1, 2018
Cascade Snowpack Makes a Comeback
I went skiing at Mt. Hood Meadows last week, and even though the powder that day was fantastic, the coverage was anything but, with...
Charlie Phillips
Jan 1, 2018
A White Christmas for Leschi!
There's only a 7% chance of a White Christmas in Seattle (defined as 1 inch or more of snow on the ground) for any given year, but Mother...
Charlie Phillips
Dec 1, 2017
A Review of November’s Windstorm
On November 13, the first windstorm of the 2017-2018 storm season rolled through the area. While this was not a major windstorm by any...
Charlie Phillips
Nov 1, 2017
The Arrival of the Aleutian Low Pressure System
Any tried and true Seattleite knows that November and December are the stormiest months of the year for the Pacific Northwest. There are...
Charlie Phillips
Oct 1, 2017
A La Niña Watch
Our latest string of storms during mid-late September made me more excited than ever for the beginning of storm season. There’s nothing I...
Charlie Phillips
Sep 1, 2017
Totality 2017: A Life Changing Experience
The total solar eclipse of Monday, August 21, 2017 was the most breathtaking natural event I’ve witnessed in my entire life. I first...