Entries by Doug Simonian

Moderate to strong El Nino becoming increasingly likely

While our area has been enjoying a stretch of pleasant and warmer weather, many meteorologists and weather hobbyists alike have been analyzing interesting data in the Equatorial Pacific: signs of a developing El Nino. An El Nino is generally defined as a trimonthly period where waters in the Equatorial Pacific — from 160 Degrees East […]

What causes storms to strengthen?

In light of Wednesday’s meteorological bomb of a storm that was just offshore, we have decided to write an article that explains why storms strengthen to begin with, and how they can get to be as strong as this storm got. Wednesday’s storm went under what we call “bombogenesis” (yes, that is a real meteorological […]

Another storm, another south trend

As some of you may have heard, there is a threat for a snowstorm from Sunday night into Monday, and not too long ago, it had potential to be a significant snow-maker. However, there were plenty of uncertainties regarding how the energy in the Southwest was going to behave. If it all ejected into one […]