Entries by Doug Simonian

Significant Rain and Wind Event Possible Early Next Week

While most of the weather interest this time of year revolves around snowstorms, we are simply not in a pattern favorable for any in the next ten days or so. Instead, we have a very fast, active Pacific Jet with a plethora of disturbances running into the West Coast. Any one of these can theoretically […]

Saturday’s Winter Storm has Shifted South for now

We’re getting a nice break from winter for a few days, as a large Northeast Pacific ridge which had given us our Arctic cold has since retrograded, which shifts all the cold air well to our west and north. However, there is still some remnant influence of the North Pacific ridging, as most of Canada […]

Significant snowstorm likely near the coast on Saturday

The rollercoaster with the model runs has continued today, with regards to Saturday’s winter storm. However, for the most part, guidance continues to trend west, and there are some reasons to believe that will continue. There is still a limit as to how far west this can go, though, and the cutoff to the west […]

All Zone Forecast Update: Snow Becoming More Likely Friday Morning

We are still very closely monitoring the two snow threats later this week and this weekend, and while there is some evidence that the second storm on Saturday may only be a graze or a miss out to sea altogether, the idea for snow on late Thursday night and Friday is gaining steam. As far […]