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	Podcast:		Weather With Cliff Mass
	Episode:		“Out of the refrigerator, into the frying pan” – weather year 2019 marked by extremes
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:04:16
	Publish Date:		2019-12-27 11:03:00
	Description:		Shortly after the big snows happened in February, residents of the Puget Sound region were already hearing how the winter storms would be an event to remember and tell their grandchildren about. As we wrap up 2019, KNKX weather expert Cliff Mass says that event still stands out as the biggest one of the year — despite a lot of other features that add up to a year of extremes. “It was the coldest, snowiest February that we’ve ever had in western Washington,” says Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington. “Here in Seattle for instance, we had several snow storms and not only did we have the record-breaking amount of snow in February (20.2 inches at SeaTac by month’s end,) but we had the record cold for the whole month. So the snow just held in, day after day.” The next most extraordinary feature of the year came right on the heels of February, in March. “We went out of the refrigerator, into the frying pan,” Mass says. “We switched from colder than normal
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