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06/19/2009
What's the difference between a Sound and a Bay?
06/18/2009
What are Derecho Winds?
06/17/2009
How can the summer solstice begin other than at local sunrise?
06/15/2009
How big an area does a barometer reading cover?
06/16/2009
Now that we've stopped using ozone-depleting chemicals, has the ozone layer improved?
06/11/2009
What's the world record for wind?
06/10/2009
Why has the moon been looking so large and so orange?
06/09/2009
Is it true Mars will look as big as the full moon this summer?
06/08/2009
What's the difference between waves, seas and swell?
06/01/2009
What's the difference between fog and haze?
05/29/2009
How do you measure less than an inch of rain?
05/18/2009
How much are the lakes warming, and how can we check the temperatures?
05/19/2009
Why does high humidity make it feel hotter, and is there something that measures that effect?
05/20/2009
Does anything really live more than 1000' deep off the Washington coast?
05/21/2009
What's a minus tide?
05/12/2009
Where is temperature properly measured; in the shade or in the sun?
05/11/2009
What's that ring I see around the sun, and what causes it?
05/08/2009
Which seals live full time in Puget Sound, and how deep can they dive?
05/07/2009
What's the term "ceiling" mean?
05/06/2009
What does the term "scattered showers" mean?
05/05/2009
What's the difference between partly cloudy and mostly cloudy?
05/04/2009
What's the difference between a cyclone and tornado?
04/29/2009
If wind occurs when air pressure changes, why does it only blow when the pressure drops and not when it rises?
04/28/2009
Will all the recent snow disappear quickly, or will it add substantially to the snowpack. I'm wondering if it will impact our ability to hike into the backcountry this summer"?
What factors go into your forecast temperatures for different cities?
04/23/2009
What's a banner cloud?
04/10/2009
How much snow did we have this past winter?
04/22/2009
What are those circular clouds above Mount Rainier?
04/21/2009
I want to plant my garden, but understand I shouldn't until the chance of frost is past. When will that be?
04/20/2009
Is it true the planet Venus will disappear later this week?
03/24/2009
What's the difference between an equinox and a solstice?
03/31/2009
What are sunspots?
04/01/2009
Was this past March the coldest March ever?
03/24/2009
Could the ash from Mount Redoubt volcani in Alaska affect the weather?
03/21/2009
Why isn't the amount of daylight equal to the amount of darkness on the spring equinox?
03/19/2009
Why is snow white?
03/20/2009
Why does the temperature occasionally continue to cool after sunrise?
03/18/2009
Is there such a thing as a "snow bow"?
03/16/2009
What makes some snowflakes so big?
03/12/2009
Why does the moon look yellow at times?
03/11/2009
Can a rainbow ever be shaped like a circle?
03/09/2009
Why are there sometimes two rainbows?
03/11/2009
What does the State DOT mean when it requires or advises use of "traction tires" in the passes?
02/26/2009
Why does the northwest interior get so much more snow at times?
02/25/2009
Which are the coldest and snowiest months?
02/23/2009
What's the biggest snowflake ever observed?
02/20/2009
Is it true a comet will pass the earth?
02/12/2009
What's the biggest reported hailstone?
02/16/2009
Will we be able to see the northern lights here this winter?
02/17/2009
Why does ice form on airplanes?
02/18/2009
Why does ice on airplanes affect their ability to fly safely?
02/12/2009
What's that bright object in the night sky?
When Will Spring Come?
Is there such a thing as a snow cloud?
02/03/2009
When the weather shifts and an inversion "breaks", where does the pollution go?
Can a rodent really forecast the weather?
Why does the air move one way around high pressure and another way around low pressure?
What's the difference between high and low pressure
01/28/2009
Would you get lake effect snow if the lake is frozen?
01/27/2009
How do snowflakes come down star-shaped?
01/24/2009
How much wind is needed to improve air quality?
01/22/2009
How is visibility in fog measured at night?
01/21/2009
How can you tell what the air quality is, and what does it mean?
01/20/2009
Why is it so foggy and for so long?
01/15/2009
Where can I find the weather for Antarctica
01/14/2009
What is the relative humidity in the Seattle area?
01/10/2009
What is the difference between a flood watch and flood warning?
01/07/2009
How do you determine those projected rainfall totals?
01/06/2009
What factors contribute to avalanche danger?
01/08/2009
Why are some flooded streams not listed as a flood warning?
What exactly is a wind gust and what causes them?
01/01/2009
How much snow is 1" of rain equivalent to?
12/31/2008
What constitutes a "storm"?
12/30/2008
Why are some snowflakes so small and others so big?
12/29/2008
What forecast area is considered to be the "Cascade Foothills"?
12/12/2008
What's the difference between hail, sleet and freezing rain?
12/11/2008
What's the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?
12/10/2008
Why do some clouds look darker than others?
12/09/2008
Why can you drive into snow, and then five minutes later, encounter rain?
12/08/2008
What's the difference between rain and rain showers?
How do we get ice storms?
12/02/2008
When do you think we'll see our first snow?
One night there was absolutely no dew. How rare is that, and why?
12/01/2008
If it can hail at 40 degrees, why won't it snow?
11/28/2008
What is the coldest, snowiest month?
11/26/2008
How well can turkeys handle winter weather?
11/24/2008
When we have lowland snow here in western Washington, it always seems to always snow more north and south of the central Puget Sound area...why?
11/20/2008
Does the temperature have to be 32 degrees for snow to fall?
11/19/2008
How can you tell how high the clouds are?
11/18/2008
What is the wettest month in Seattle?
11/17/2008
What are those two bright spots in the evening sky?
11/14/2008
Is Seattle really the wettest city in the country?
11/13/2008
What's a rain shadow, and how does it work?
11/11/2008
Why does the speed of the jet stream constantly change?
11/10/2008
What's the instrument called that measures wind?
11/07/2008
What's a sun dog?
11/06/2008
What made this year's fall colors so brilliant?
11/05/2008
Why do different leaves change different colors?
Why do leaves change different colors?
11/03/2008
What kind of rain is most dangerous to drivers?
10/31/2008
Why does snow look white when water is clear?
10/30/2008
What Makes Black Ice?
10/29/2008
When do we normally get our first frost?
10/28/2008
What's the difference between a regular frost and a killing frost?
10/27/2008
Why do I see frost when temperatures remain above freezing?
10/24/2008
When do we "fall back"?
10/23/2008
What's a Harvest Moon?
10/22/2008
Why do leaves change color in the fall?
10/21/2008
What's an Indian Summer?
10/20/2008
Why is it that we have strong winds that are stronger than a hurricane, yet it's not a hurricane?
10/17/2008
What exactly is wind chill?
10/16/2008
When does our "rain year" begin and why?
Why is it warmer on cloudy nights
10/14/2008
Why is it colder on clear nights?
10/13/2008
Why does it get foggier in the fall?
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