Memorial for Kathryn Kallstrom June 24 | Passages

A potluck memorial for Kathryn Kallstrom is scheduled for June 24, 3-7 p.m., at the Island Lake Park covered picnic area.

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4:19 PM May 14, 2012 0

U.S. Climate Versus Weather Computers: Climate Wins

Why is the U.S. government provide hugely more computer resources for climate prediction than weather prediction?  And why is far more emphasis given to climate prediction research than weather prediction research and development?In some past blogs I talked about the unfortunate lack of computer resources available to the National Weather Service (NWS), resulting in the...

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Blogs 11:16 PM May 15, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Cold Records with Warm Temperatures

On Saturday it became toasty here in Northwest, with many locations gets into the 70s and lower 80s.  Yet a number of locations exprienced daily minimum temperature records in the morning--here is the proof from the National Climatic Data Center records website.  The blue dot indicate a tie for the record and stations with an...

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Blogs 8:28 AM May 13, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Ligon earns degree from MSU Billings

Chelsey L. Ligon of Poulsbo received a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Montana State University, Billings, April 28.

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updated 3:28 PM May 11, 2012 0

Ejde completes Army basic training

Army Spec. Miranda C. Ejde has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

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updated 3:27 PM May 11, 2012 0

Donna Helen Simms | Passages

Donna slipped away from us to heaven surrounded by her family on April 28, 2012.

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updated 3:27 PM May 11, 2012 0

Roger Ramstead | Passages

Celebration of Life for Roger Ramstead, long-time Kingston resident, is scheduled for June 3

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updated 3:25 PM May 11, 2012 0

Summer in May

It is a climatological oddity of Northwest meteorology that we often get a period of very warm, dry weather sometime in the second or third week of May, followed by a retreat into the dismal June Gloom.  Well folks, we are about to have the heat wave--one that will bring near 80F temps to Seattle,...

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Blogs 10:44 PM May 10, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Kingston community open house May 17

Are you interested in the future of Kingston? Sit in on a brief, formal presentation or visit the more than 40 community and county booths to find information or provide input on your areas of interest.

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updated 4:51 PM May 10, 2012 0

Silverdale Friends of Library suspends book sales | Kitsap Week

Because of the phenomenal growth of children’s programs at the Silverdale Branch Library, the Silverdale Friends of the Library plans to suspend its every-other-week book sales following its scheduled sale May 12.

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updated 1:21 PM May 10, 2012 0

Baseball-a-rama and the Mariner Moose | Kitsap Week

The Bainbridge Island Historical Museum is looking for current and former Bainbridge baseball players and fans to gather on the museum grounds for Baseball-a-rama, May 19 from 2-5 p.m.

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updated 1:18 PM May 10, 2012 0

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    Cliff Mass is a UW professor of Atmospheric Sciences. He blogs about the local in the Pacific Northwest.