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It's Friday -- time to find some neato weather photos and videos to hold you through the weekend. We've got the traditional PTM bloggin' staples -- some great photos by viewers sent into YouNews and some awesome time-lapse videos by our resident videographer Dr. Dale Ireland. But I've found a few new nuggets sure to give you a few chuckles as we kick off the weekend. First up, the staples. The photo above of the tree frog in the dahlia was taken by YouNews contributor "boo4you" from Rochester, Wash. And then this photo of a sun pillar, taken from YouNews contributor "moxnics" out of Dundee, Oregon.
(For more information on sun pillars, go to this link) Next, some videos of the week from over in Silverdale. Monday, Sept. 1 -- note the shadows the high clouds cast on the lower layer clouds. Also, once again, another great illustration of wind shear.
Wednesday, Sept. 3 -- Catch the Trident Sub heading out for a spin on Dabob bay:
Thursday, Sept. 4 -- A great sunset in action:
These next two videos I found while trawling YouTube for fun weather-related videos. Instead, I found two fun weather forecasts. AccuWeather.com does have their meteorologists do a video forecast for each major city. Their guy in charge of Philadelphia is...well, let's just say he's a bit unorthodox. While I personally never had much ambition to be an on-air TV forecaster, I have to admit, if I was, I would want to be a lot like this guy. There have been many a time I've wanted to try and literally shout a storm system out of the area. Perhaps in that case it's a good thing I stayed behind the scenes :) Warning: If you are reading this in a library, monastery, day care amid sleeping kids, or anywhere else where the acceptable noise level is something less than a 737 during takeoff, you might want to turn the volume down. This guy is a bit...audible :)
And finally, as the week sets into the historical calendar, here is a parting sunset shot, sent in by YouNews subscriber rivergirl75 (location, unknown.)
Have a great weekend! 
You've probably heard of dust devils, but have you ever heard of a "steam devil?" I hadn't until I checked Spaceweather.com today.
Here is a fantastic photo from photographer Mike Hollingshead in Iowa, captured at sunrise on August 29. Read more » 
The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted... sort of. (Depending on how you score it, there might have been a blip in August.)
Anyway, some scientists believe an ultra-quiet sun could have affects on our planet's climate -- enough to where it might counterbalance the effects of additional greenhouse gases? Read more » 
Does it seem like it's been a busy hurricane season? You would be right. And forecasters say this is just the start, and more hurricanes are on the way.
Here is the full article by SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Read more » 
Manhattan is adrift! OK, not really. But scientists say a chunk of ice the size of the New York City island just broke off from an arctic ice shelf.
Here is a full article by AP Writer CHARMAINE NORONHA
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Here is the monthly review of August's weather from the National Weather Service for Sea-Tac Airport: Read more »
It's the new Labor Day Tradition around Seattle: Celebrate Bumbershoot, get in those last second Back to School deals, and complain about how lousy the summer weather has been :)
Between last year and this year, it's been a very vocal topic when it comes to the weather: "Man, this summer has been dismal!" I wrote a story last year documenting that the summer of 2007 wasn't too far off of normal, it just felt cool compared to recent sunny and warmer summers. Then came this year, which began with the coldest start to June ever. July was pretty nice and were doing OK into mid-August before the cool rains returned. But has this summer really been that bad? Hoping to answer the question once and for all, and to have something to gauge future summers, I've put together what I'm tentatively calling the "Summer Sanity Index" although I am open to suggestions for a better name. (Submit yours in the commenting fields below.) I went back all the way to 1948 and then for each year, compiled the average high temperature between June 1 and August 31 -- the basic time of summer vacations. (Not counting September since kids are back in school and summer is for all intents and purposes over, even though technically it has three weeks left.) Read more » 
Our new hurricane tracker was very popular for Gustav, so here is a way to use the same software and track the three current tropical storms rolling around in the Atlantic Ocean:
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You've been hearing the term a lot with Hurricane Gustav tearing into Louisiana. While wind usually grabs the headlines with hurricanes, it's the "storm surge" that can do the most damage.
The surge is just basically what happens when you blow a lot of water in one direction. When the hurricane is out in the water, you have those 100+ mph winds pushing the water in the same direction the wind is blowing. The stronger the wind, the greater the surge potential. Read more » 
It's the bath-water warmth of the Gulf of Mexico that allowed Gustav to maintain strength and plow into Louisiana. But is that warm water getting warmer? And could global warming be having an effect?
Here is the full article by Associated Press Science writer Seth Borenstein:
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It's a long weekend, so we've got extra eye candy to hold you through the extra day off (although I'll be here Monday. No 3 day weekends in the news biz).
The photo above was taken by Michael Zavaglia of an ice formation inside the crater on the summit of Mt. Rainier. Very cool shot, literally! Read more » |
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September 7, 2008
- Seattle, Washington
Originally from Port Angeles, Scott graduated from the UW in 1994 with a degree in Atmospheric Sciences and has been producing weather reports for broadcast and on the Web ever since.
