Meteorologists may become better at their jobs thanks to your smartphone. Atmospheric scientists at the University of Washington are collecting data from people using PressureNet, a free app that works on certain Android devices. Pressure sensors installed on those devices can estimate the phone’s elevation and location, but scientists can also take advantage of those sensors… Read More…
The City of Seattle is making it easier for on-the-go citizens to check snow plow maps and see the latest news from the Mayor with a new mobile website optimized for smartphones. Here are some of the features of the mobile-optimized site: Crime activity displayed by region Power outage maps Traffic & road conditions information with… Read More…
A group of scientists, including a University of Washington atmospheric physicist, wants to test the theory that pumping sea salt into the sky over the ocean would combat global warming by creating clouds that reflect more sunlight back into space. The experiment in “marine cloud brightening” is proposed by scientists including the UW’s Rob Wood in… Read More…
Jeff Renner is the ultimate weather man — best known for predicting our rainy weeks on KING 5 News. Some may think he is no more than a friendly face grabbing his notes from an intern and effortlessly delivering his forecast to the camera. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Jeff is a true… Read More…
There was a huge amount of interest in our post a couple weeks ago explaining how Zach Sweetser, a 17-year-old junior at Bellevue’s Interlake High School, was able to take some of the most spectacular pictures of Seattle’s January snowstorm from his radio-controlled airplane. Now Zach has put together a video that he took from the… Read More…
Tech news never sleeps, as John and Todd know all too well. But if you live in Seattle, chances are there’s one really big news event you’re thinking about today, and it’s not made of pixels. Just snow. A couple inches could fall in parts of the region today, but the big story is what… Read More…
Cliff Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, found himself in a tempest of a different sort last week after KUOW-FM in Seattle discontinued his weekly weather segments. KUOW “Weekday” host Steve Scher explained in a note to listeners that he made the decision after Mass “began inserting his opinion on a… Read More…
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