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The largest storm events have struck the Pacific Northwest every 15 to 30 years according to modern records. Among the strongest were the 1962 Columbus Day storm , which formed from the remnants of Typhoon Frieda/Freda and killed 50 people; the 1993 Inauguration Day windstorm, which killed 6 people; and the 2006 Hanukkah Eve windstorm , which ...
Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
Annually, 30% to 50% of the West Coast's precipitation occurs with just a few atmospheric river events. What is a bomb cyclone? Bomb cyclones are low pressure systems that undergo what ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Pacific Palisades fire for Tuesday, Jan. 7. For the latest updates on the California wildfires, please read USA TODAY'S live updates for ...
A sign of changing times is on the horizon out West, with the onset of the 2023-2024 wet season not far away. AccuWeather meteorologists are closely monitoring a brewing storm in the Gulf of ...
The National Weather Service weather radio transmitter on Cougar Mountain near Issaquah went off the air during the storm. [24] An Amtrak Cascades train struck a fallen tree in Silvana, between Stanwood and Marysville, at around 7:50 p.m. The tree pierced the locomotive's windshield but did not seriously injure the engineer or anyone onboard ...
Here’s a preview of the weather events to watch for in 2025. How The Weather Can Influence Baby Names. ... The year 2024 began with an El Niño event over the Pacific, which transitioned into ...
Weakening sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Pacific in early 2023 associated with the end of the La Niña event. The 2020–2023 La Niña event was unusual in that it featured three consecutive years of La Niña conditions (also called a "triple-dip" La Niña) in contrast to the typical 9–12 month cycles of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), [3] though the magnitude ...