New Warm Ocean Blob Could Affect Southeast Winter Weather, Fisheries
By Matt Miller, KTOO Public Media
The Blob could be back. Or, maybe it’s the Son of Blob.
Forests, Human Health, Northwest Outlook: UW Researchers Involved In Fourth National Climate Assessment
By Hannah Hickey, UW News
University of Washington researchers were among hundreds of authors on a new volume of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, an assessment of climate change across the nation produced every four years by the federal government.
UW, Tableau Create Interactive Tool to Explore More Than a Century of Pacific Northwest Weather Observations
By Hannah Hickey, UW News
The University of Washington’s College of the Environment has teamed up with Seattle visual analytics company Tableau Software to create a new, interactive visualization for historical observations of temperature and precipitation in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana, and for Washington snowpack.
New Interactive Climate Tool Reveals Temperature and Rainfall Changes In Your Own Backyard
By Lisa Stiffler, Geek Wire
When I opened a new online tool for mapping changing temperatures, snow pack and rainfall across the Pacific Northwest, I immediately zoomed into the dot representing Seattle.
Saildrone Mission: Update 2
The four TPOS Saildrones continue making their way to their main study area along the equator, near 140°W.
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Ángel Adames, JISAO’s First Summer Intern, Receives 2018 James R. Holton Award
Ángel F. Adames-Corraliza, JISAO’s first intern in 2009, will receive the 2018 James R. Holton Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D.
Continue reading at EOSEl Nino Nearly a Sure Bet Now for the Northwest
By Don Jenkins for Capital Press
The federal Climate Prediction Center says the odds that an El Nino will form have improved in the past month.
Yes, the ‘Blob’ Is Back. No, It Won’t Wreak Havoc on East Coast Weather
By Yasemin Saplakoglu, Live Science
A returning patch of warm water in the Northern Pacific Ocean called “the blob” could spell wonky weather for the U.S.
Four Saildrones Launch on Second Mission to the Tropical Pacific
On October 3rd, four Saildrones were launched from Keehi Marine Center in Honolulu, HI to begin a six-month research mission in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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El Nino May Give Yakima Valley Warmer, Drier Winter
From the Yakima Herald by Donald W. Meyers.
Temperatures may be dropping as fall settles on the Yakima Valley, but climate forecasters say we could be looking at a warmer-than-average winter.
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