Two Large earthquakes strike Indonesia
Mark Ingalls, Weather Man
April 12, 2012
Last night Indonesia was rocked by two earthquakes. The first, a magnitude 8.6, struck 270 miles west of the island nation right before 3 a.m. Pacific Time. The other, an 8.2, struck before 5 a.m. Pacific time nearby. It was in the afternoon in Indonesia when the earthquakes hit. Tsunami watches were... Read more »
Alaska is colder than… Mars?
Mark Ingalls, Lead Forecaster
January 30, 2012
Good afternoon! That’s right, yesterday according to satellite images taken from above Mars the temperature in some areas of the northern hemisphere were above -20F. Compare that to Fairbanks, Alaska where according to the National Weather Service they hit -52F. I am very happy I am not in Alaska... Read more »
Sun for the week
Mark Ingalls, Lead Forecaster
January 10, 2012
Good afternoon! Like today it looks like we’ll see sun for much of the rest of the week, but unlike today the rest of the week will be cold. Highs in the low to mid 30s with lows in the low to mid 20s. It wouldn’t even surprise me to see some teens for lows overnight tonight. In Texas, places... Read more »
Sunny and cold back in the forecast
Mark Ingalls, Lead Forecaster
January 4, 2012
Good afternoon! Now that we are all back from our Winter Holiday, it looks like the weather is going to try and match what we saw for several weeks before the beginning of the holiday. Sunny skies will come back into play after we see decreasing clouds tomorrow. Also coming tomorrow is breezy conditions... Read more »
Chance of snow this week…
Mark Ingalls, Lead Forecaster
December 12, 2011
The high pressure system that has held cold, stagnant air in place here in the Tri-Cities for the past two and a half weeks looks like it will be on its way out soon. A low pressure system is forecasted to start impacting the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday evening bringing a 40 percent chance of snow... Read more »
Snow in El Paso, yet nothing here
Mark Ingalls, Lead Forecaster
December 6, 2011
Good evening! We will have yet another week of mostly sunny skies, but this will be coupled with chilly temperatures as the high pressure system that brought last week’s weather pattern remains in place off the Oregon coast, shoving all the winter storms into northern British Columbia then down... Read more »
Winter Storm Warnings… for Mississippi?
Mark Ingalls, Lead Forecaster
November 28, 2011
Good afternoon! That’s right, there are Winter Storm Warnings in the South, however its not just Mississippi getting the snow. It looks like Atlanta along with portions of Alabama and Tennessee could see several inches of snow. Ironically to the north in Indiana the entire state is either under... Read more »
Good weather for Thanksgiving travel
Mark Ingalls, Lead Forecaster
November 21, 2011
Good afternoon! A series of low pressure systems will work through the area this week bringing with them warmer temperatures. So warm, in fact, that overnight our temperature is expected to raise from 39 to about 45 by 3 AM! How can the temperature raise this much when its dark? Its a phenomenon called... Read more »
Snow this weekend?
Mark Ingalls, Lead Forecaster
November 17, 2011
Good afternoon! We’re coming up on the weekend, and with that we see a chance of snow. Even though chances have lessened a little bit, I am still hopeful for at least some because I very much like snow. Accumulations: Areas across the Columbia Basin shouldn’t expect much in the way of accumulations.... Read more »
More snow possible this weekend…
Mark Ingalls, Lead Forecaster
November 16, 2011
It was great to see the snow this afternoon, however dont expect it to last, in fact many areas have already seen it switch over to freezing rain. So what’s the deal? A warm front is pushing through the Pacific Northwest as we speak raising snow levels and melting what little snow we got in that... Read more »
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