Entries filed under 'rain'

When the Weather Forecast Calls for a 70% Chance of Rain, What Exactly Does That Mean?

Should we expect that 70% of a geographic area has a 100% chance of getting rain? That rain will fall during 70% of the day? Or something else entirely? We asked the chief meteorologist of Seattle's NBC affiliate to help us figure it out. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on April 29, 2013 12:15 PM & Tagged rain, seattle and weather | permalink | Comments



The 100-Meter Tailwind: One of the Many Weather Personalities of My Bike Commute

Bike commuting has made me into a weather nerd. Sure, cycling in general can be augmented by an awareness of weather—but there’s something about bike commuting that kicked that awareness up a notch or two for me. Perhaps it’s the general need to fit a schedule (i.e. I can’t delay my arrival at work until early afternoon so that a bunch of rain can blow through). Or maybe I’ve always been a weather nerd at heart, never realizing it until I started bike commuting more… chicken or the egg? Either ...

Posted by Keith E. on June 14, 2010 1:28 PM & Tagged Cycling, bike commuting, rain, weather and wind | permalink | Comments