Arlington Airport Appreciation Day perseveres through poor weather
Kirk Boxleitner
Volunteer Collier Brereton, left, helps 4-year-old Robert Alvarez of Marysville steer his flight simulator during the May 5 Arlington Airport Appreciation Day.
May 17, 2012
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U.S. Climate Versus Weather Computers: Climate Wins
Why is the U.S. government provide hugely more computer resources for climate prediction than weather prediction? And why is far more emphasis given to climate prediction research than weather prediction research and development?In some past blogs I talked about the unfortunate lack of computer resources available to the National Weather Service (NWS), resulting in the...
Cold Records with Warm Temperatures
On Saturday it became toasty here in Northwest, with many locations gets into the 70s and lower 80s. Yet a number of locations exprienced daily minimum temperature records in the morning--here is the proof from the National Climatic Data Center records website. The blue dot indicate a tie for the record and stations with an...
Summer in May
It is a climatological oddity of Northwest meteorology that we often get a period of very warm, dry weather sometime in the second or third week of May, followed by a retreat into the dismal June Gloom. Well folks, we are about to have the heat wave--one that will bring near 80F temps to Seattle,...
The Windiest Place along the West Coast
As the U.S. West Coast enters the warm season, one area is getting very windy, particularly during the afternoon and evenings. Day after day this region will be hit by 20-30 mph winds, often with higher gusts. A region, where the afternoon is often too windy to be on the beach, with wind-driven sandy stinging...
Letter Carriers Food Drive returns to Marysville, Arlington May 12
SMOKEY POINT — The National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive is right around the corner, and organizers want people to keep three things in mind:
1. Yellow plastic bags will be placed in mailboxes on Wednesday, May 9.
2. Those bags will be picked up by letter carriers on Saturday, May 12.
3. Volunteers are still needed to help sort all of the donations that will come in.
Forum focuses on fair housing in Snohomish County
Residents of and visitors to the Stillaguamish Senior Center received some insights and offered their input on the state of fair housing within Snohomish County on Wednesday, May 2.
Arlington Depot opens
The brand new visitor information center and restroom facility located near Legion Park in downtown Arlington, was officially opened to the public during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 28, hosted by the city of Arlington.
May 8, 2012
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Arlington’s Englert becomes Eagle Scout
Although Kennedy Englert of Boy Scout Troop 92 has since turned 15, he was only 14 when he was just recently awarded his Eagle Scout Rank at a Court of Honor in the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Hall.
May 8, 2012
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Soil Temperatures and Gardening
The question that many amateur gardeners like myself often ask is:Why are my seeds not germinating and rotting in the soil?When will the soil be warm enough to sow my seeds or transplant my plants? Well, I don't pretend to be an expert in this, but I suspect it has something to do so with...
Warmth Returns
You don't need to be a meteorologist to know that we have been substantially cooler than normal the past five days--on both sides of the Cascades. Here is a sample from Seattle and Pasco. Roughly 5-10F below normal on the max temps. The reason? A persistent trough over the Northwest, as shown by this upper level...
