Weather forecasting

Sunshine! Then some rain, and then ... more changes

Keith Seinfeld — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:57:43 +0000

Just one day of glory is all we get, says KPLU weather expert Cliff Mass. The clouds roll in tonight, at least around most of western Washington, followed by periods of rain tomorrow.

The sun will still be shining over Portland on Saturday, and east of the Cascades, says Mass, a UW professor of Atmospheric Sciences.

The changes are all typical of June, he says, and by the middle of next week, we'll likely flip back to a few days of sunshine.

This week's interview also covers how to "read" the clouds and tell if rain is on the way.

Rain, rain and more in the forecast - but, embrace the weather and you'll be fine

Bellamy Pailthorp — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:15:45 +0000

"It was like Palm Springs around much of the Northwest" recently, says KPLU's weather man, Cliff Mass. But that will be shifting soon.

"Unfortunately, we're about to make a major shift into a much rainier pattern - a much more normal pattern."

Rain, rain going away ... but what a wet week!

KPLU News Staff — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:30:00 +0000

It may be drying out this weekend and into next week ... but this past week brought some serious rain.

Cliff Mass is out to popularize the science of weather forecasting

KPLU — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:46:38 +0000

Cliff Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington and KPLU’s new weather commentator, says it was Carl Sagan who first inspired him to get out into the public to popularize the science behind weather forecasting.

“I was an undergraduate at Cornell and in those days he was really into popularizing science. He was on the Tonight Show, and he was writing very popular books and a lot of that rubbed off,” Mass told KPLU.

Check out the video above for our complete interview with Cliff Mass.