Articles about Weather

A better weather forecast: Microsoft vets lead startup outperforming traditional sources

Working on Aurora, Microsoft’s AI foundation model of the Earth’s atmosphere, Cristian Bodnar and Jayesh Gupta could see that large… Read More

Seattle pioneer in AI weather forecasting helps Nvidia create groundbreaking new prediction tool

It was just five years ago that University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor Dale Durran published a paper with a… Read More

Techstars Seattle startup Planette raises $2.4M for AI-boosted climate prediction tech

Planette, a climate tech startup that just graduated from Techstars Seattle’s latest accelerator, has raised $2.4 million. Planette’s AI-boosted technology… Read More

Tornado warning hits mobile devices in Seattle after ‘overshoot’ of emergency alert target area

Severe weather moving across Western Washington and the Seattle region was unsettling enough on Tuesday. And then a shrieking smartphone… Read More

Why is Seattle so hot? Wild weather sparks climate concerns as Amazon turns HQ into ‘cooling center’

Seattle is scorching. The heat is so bad that Amazon on Monday opened up one of its buildings at the… Read More

Why smoke, why? What happened to the promise of clearer skies in Seattle come Monday

Waking up Saturday morning, my window blinds glowed with a ghoulish yellow thanks to the blanket of wildfire smoke that… Read More

Wildfires: Why they’re getting so bad, and tips for staying safe from the smoke

Stay inside, Seattleites. That’s been the advice from weather experts this week as historic wildfires spread up and down the… Read More

Take cover: Amazon’s big umbrellas renew a stormy old debate about Seattle culture

In a steady downpour around Amazon’s downtown Seattle headquarters buildings, the march of the umbrellas is like a well-choreographed dance.… Read More

Winter was coming! Seattle snow and HBO show among Google’s top trending search terms in 2019

Winter was a hot topic when it came to Google searches in 2019 — whether it was coming to HBO’s… Read More

Say snow more? Weather guru Cliff Mass predicts ‘absolutely classic’ storm could hit Seattle region

The snow that fell on the Seattle region at the beginning of this week managed to mess with commutes, work… Read More

Snow falls on Seattle and the best images and videos land on social media

A rare snowstorm hit the Seattle area Sunday night and into Monday morning. As temperatures fell and a brisk wind… Read More

Tornado makes rare Northwest appearance and tears houses apart near Port Orchard

The Pacific Northwest is typically in the “bush league” when it comes to tornadoes, but the National Weather Service says… Read More

Tornado causes wall collapse at Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, two dead

Two men died at an Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore after a tornado struck the region on Friday, causing a… Read More

Photographer sues Netflix after his storm cloud image shows up in ‘Stranger Things’ concept art

Creepy storm clouds looming over the fictional town of Hawkins, Ind., are a regular occurrence in the Netflix series “Stranger… Read More

Amazon again puts disaster relief efforts in motion as Hurricane Florence set to punish Carolina coast

Hurricane Florence, the monster Category 3 storm taking aim at the North and South Carolina coastline, is expected to make… Read More

As Seattle’s smoke clears, experts weigh what’s ahead for Pacific Northwest skies

After enduring days of record-setting, eye-watering levels of smoke in the air, the Seattle area is in for relief, thanks… Read More

Policymakers tout high-tech tools for addressing Northwest’s wildfire crisis

The smoky skies over Seattle have cleared up somewhat, but the Pacific Northwest’s wildfires continue to burn — prompting pledges from… Read More

A ‘perfect storm’ of wildfires puts Seattle’s terrible air quality in the record books

If this week’s smoky skies seem unprecedented, that’s not far wrong: Thanks to an unusually unfortunate weather pattern, Seattle just… Read More

Surprise! Climate experts hail Trump’s pick for top science aide, Kelvin Droegemeier

News Brief: Years after claiming that concerns over climate change were a “total, and very expensive, hoax,” President Donald Trump has… Read More

Next-generation GOES-17 weather satellite encounters infrared imaging glitch in orbit

Two months after its launch, the main imaging instrument on a next-generation weather satellite is experiencing problems with its cooling… Read More

Atlas 5 rocket launches GOES-S satellite to watch Western weather and wildfires

A next-generation GOES-S weather satellite, the second of its kind, rose into orbit at 2:02 p.m. PT (5:02 p.m. ET)… Read More

Wild winds and waves wow watchers in Pacific Northwest, with more to come

Thirty-foot waves swept over seas off the Pacific Northwest coast on Thursday, producing deadly awesomeness for onshore videos and presaging… Read More

CES organizers blame rainstorm for power outage, as weather continues to disrupt tech conference

LAS VEGAS — CES officials say today’s power outage that shut down huge swaths of the show floor at Las… Read More

Hey Google, come back later: Search giant’s CES booth unveiling washed out due to heavy rain

LAS VEGAS — Mother Nature spoiled Google’s coming out party at CES, as heavy rains forced the search giant to… Read More

Night launch sends next-gen JPSS-1 weather satellite (and more) into orbit

The first in a series of four next-generation weather satellites, known as the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 or JPSS-1, is… Read More

Nasty Seattle windstorm knocks KUOW and KEXP off air, but public radio stations stream on

UPDATE, Nov. 13, 9:30 p.m.: The radio signals for KUOW and KEXP were back on after 9 p.m. Monday after… Read More

Aurora alert: Northern lights could flare in the sky … if clouds don’t block your view

The chances of seeing the northern lights are higher for the next couple of nights, but Western Washington’s trademark fall… Read More

NASA’s carbon-monitoring OCO-2 satellite confirms that El Nino weather boosts CO2

Readings from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 have confirmed that the El Niño weather pattern of 2015-2016 was behind the biggest… Read More

Red vs. green: Solar flares could power northern lights above our smoky skies

The sun has been acting up this week, and normally that would produce auroral displays bright enough to see in… Read More

Even weather gurus are gobsmacked by Northwest’s wildfires and ash fall

Texas has its floods, Florida has a potentially catastrophic hurricane coming its way, but the Pacific Northwest has its own… Read More