Hello Kitsap County! Welcome to the Forecasting Kitsap blog
My name is Matthew Leach and I am the weatherman for the Central Kitsap High School weekly broadcast and often send my forecasts to Ridgetop Junior High. Weather is a huge passion of mine, and even though wrong forecasts make me want to take a sick day or wear some sort of disguise to school, I continue to study and learn more about the various micro-climates within this beautiful state, more particularly in Kitsap County.
Weather forecasters here in Washington State usually focus on predicting the weather for the main Seattle area, and there isn’t enough attention paid to the little micro-climates around the state. That is where I come in…
You’ve probably heard the Kitsap Peninsula and/or Hood Canal mentioned quite frequently in the winter seasons on the local radio, internet sites, or news programs. That is simply because Kitsap loves to create its own type of weather, often blind-sighting meteorologists across the region.
I have decided to take on the challenge of forecasting Kitsap’s unique and sometimes pain in the neck weather and I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I will!
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January 7th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Where is the forecast? The bar is set high. Best not disappoint. Just messing with you. Keep up the work and you’ll be in the big show in no time
January 7th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Sounds like a good idea for a blog. When people don’t want to talk religion or politics they talk about: weather.
There are definitely areas of Kitsap that have a consistent weather pattern very different than say Bremerton.
It’s interesting how often we have snow in the Green Mountain to Holly area, yet most don’t even know Kitsap has a ’snow belt’. That’s a relative term, but getting some snow as late as March isn’t that uncommon.
Good Luck!
January 7th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Tom,
How true that is! I am very much intrigued by the weather here on the Peninsula. There are several microclimates inside this big microclimate.
It’s interesting you say “snowbelt” as I have heard the term used on the Peninsula before, but not all too commonly. I should do some more research on that crazy weather pattern and make a blog entry about it. Should be interesting!
Thanks for the comment. I appreciate your input!