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1 week ago | 
mynorthwest.com | Ted Buehner
Tsunamis have hit Washington in the past, and they will happen again in the future. Here is why. How a tsunami formsFirst, a tsunami, which literally translates to “harbor wave” in Japanese, is a series of waves that inundate coastlines. Tsunamis are generated by an upward lift of waterway bottoms, including oceans and regions like the Puget Sound, via a powerful earthquake, landslide, or even an undersea volcanic eruption.
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1 week ago | 
mynorthwest.com | Ted Buehner
A solar storm will spread its arms around Earth late Wednesday and into Wednesday night. This storm is not a strong one, but there is a possibility of seeing the aurora borealis.
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1 week ago | 
everettpost.com | Ted Buehner
NORTH SOUND, APRIL 16: Remember that windstorm last November the week before Thanksgiving nicknamed the ‘Bomb Cyclone’? With strong winds blowing out of the Cascade Mountain gaps producing wind gusts up to 70 mph, the storm blew down hundreds of trees, knocked power out to 660,000 customers, and killed two women.
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2 weeks ago | 
everettpost.com | Ted Buehner
PUGET SOUND, APRIL 10: Spring is here and with it comes days with a mix of sunshine and showers. Spring is also the peak time for the Puget Sound Convergence Zone. You’ve heard the term, but what does it really mean? Imagine water in a stream flowing around a large rock. The water wraps around the rock and meets on the other side.
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2 weeks ago | 
mynorthwest.com | Ted Buehner
Spring is here, bringing days filled with a mix of sunshine and showers. It’s also the peak season for the Puget Sound Convergence Zone. You’ve likely heard the term, but what does it actually mean? Imagine water in a stream flowing around a large rock. The water wraps around the rock and meets on the other side. On a larger scale, this is similar to what happens with westerly air flowing off the Pacific. The air flows around the Olympic Mountains and converges just east of them.
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2 weeks ago | 
everettpost.com | Ted Buehner
NORTH SOUND, APRIL 4: The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is underway, and this Saturday and Sunday will be the first weekend of the event. Here are some tips if you plan to attend this popular event that runs until the end of this month. Saturday is by far the best day to visit the festival this weekend. Temperatures will feel spring-like, warming into the lower to mid-60s. Sunshine will start the day but anticipate higher clouds to spread into the valley before sundown.
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3 weeks ago | 
mynorthwest.com | Ted Buehner
April 1 usually marks the peak of the mountain snowpack season, but similar to last winter, this year’s snowpack fell short of average, leading to greater concerns for water supply access. The Northwest Avalanche Center released its latest mountain snow depth statistics as of April 1. In the Olympic Peninsula, Hurricane Ridge had 76 inches of snow on the ground, which is close to 75 percent of the average.
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3 weeks ago | 
mynorthwest.com | Ted Buehner
Studded tire in snow. (Photo: @Royal_Broil via Flickr Creative Commons) (Photo: @Royal_Broil via Flickr Creative Commons) Share KIRO Newsradio Meteorologist It’s time to remove the studs from your tires, and this is not an April Fools’ joke!Monday, March 31, is the last day you can drive with studded tires in Washington. Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) says studded tires damage pavement, costing taxpayers additional road repair and maintenance costs.
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3 weeks ago | 
mynorthwest.com | Ted Buehner
It may be difficult to remember or realize, but March came in like a lamb and it looks like it will go out like a lion. On the first of this month, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) had a high temperature of 61 degrees with sunshine. Bellingham was also 61 that day, and Olympia reached 65 degrees. As the calendar finishes the month, more cool showery weather is in store Monday spilling over into early April.
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3 weeks ago | 
everettpost.com | Ted Buehner
NORTH SOUND, MARCH 28: No April fools’! It’s that time of year again – time to remove studded tires on your vehicle. This year’s deadline? Monday, March 31. Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) says studded tires damage pavement, costing taxpayers additional road and maintenance costs. Removing studded tires as soon as possible helps preserve roadways. Studded tires cause up to $29 million in damage to state-owned roads in Washington each winter and also damage city and county roads.
