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The ITCZ is visible as a band of clouds encircling Earth near the Equator. The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ / ɪ tʃ / ITCH, or ICZ), [1] known by sailors as the doldrums [2] or the calms because of its monotonous windless weather, is the area where the northeast and the southeast trade winds converge.
Get the Ocean Park, WA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... The deadly, wind-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out 3½ weeks ago in Southern California, were ...
1990: November 22–24, Mercer Island bridge sinking Washington state [7] 1993: Inauguration Day windstorm, January 20. Claimed six lives, [8] 750,000 homes and businesses without power with total damage in western Washington of $130 million. [9] Also caused $500,000 in damage to the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge. [10] 1995: December 11–12 [11]
The Roaring Forties are strong westerly winds that occur in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40° and 50° south. [2] The strong eastward air currents are caused by the combination of warm air being displaced upward from the Equator towards the South Pole , Earth's rotation , and the scarcity of landmasses to serve as ...
Close to 600,000 utility customers were without power in Washington due to the high winds taking down trees, tree limbs and power lines as of Wednesday morning. Over water, a buoy off the coast of ...
NORTH COVE, Wash. -- Rough seas, high winds and days of rain have been eating away at the coastline. Now, neighbors are scrambling to save whatever they can before their homes fall into the ...
Ocean Park was once a station on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, a narrow gauge railroad that ran along the Long Beach Peninsula from 1889 to 1930. [5] One of the oldest buildings in Pacific County is the Taylor Hotel building, built in 1887, currently in use as Adelaide's Cafe and Bookstore named after Adelaide Taylor, [6] the wife of the original hotel owner.
The first bout of winds had eased across the region of southwest Washington and Oregon by midday on Wednesday in a system pushed into the U.S. by the first "atmospheric river" storm of the season.