Someday when people look back on Feb. 18, 2010 in California, they might think it rained in a lot of places. Several sites reported 0.01" of precipitation on Wednesday.

But with high pressure squarely in charge of the West Coast, there was nary a rain cloud to be found down there.  Instead, it was dew and frost around the rain gauge that caused the sensors to record rainfall:

The lone holdout? Hawaii

Although snow falls every winter on Hawaii's two tallest volcanoes, the National Weather Service in Honolulu said there was no snow in the state Friday. Read more »

Accuweather.com's Jim Kosek has developed a following with his zany web weathercasts for Accuweather.com where meteorology meets monster truck commercial announcer meets Saturday Night Live.

My six year old is doing some amazing stuff in first grade. She knows her shapes and can count to 100. Her whole class understands this. I'm willing to bet that if you poll first graders around the world they will know the difference between a circle and a square.  You couldn't hold up a card with a square shape drawn on it and call it a circle and get away with it.

First the Old Man, now the Big Wind.

New Hampshire's Mount Washington has lost its distinction as the site of the fastest wind gust ever recorded on Earth, officials at the Mount Washington Observatory said Tuesday.

One of the coolest things you'll ever see in the atmosphere are lenticular clouds. They can take on amazing shapes that will leave you in awe. Today a series of pictures were sent to me from Mount Rainier. I've got to run to do the news at 9 on KYUU. But I had to post a link to our sister stations blog who have posted them all. I'll use them on air tonight.  Thanks to Kenneth Spriggs of Boise for passing them along.

www.komonews.com/weather/blog/35631614.html 

Now here is something you don't see every day... probably because it doesn't get this cold around here every day.

Ron and Tina Flaherty found this strange ice formation in their cat's water bowl early Tuesday morning in Port Orchard, Wash., where the temperature dropped to 10 degrees. They say there was no dripping water from above -- it was under a covered awning near their sliding glass door.

Magic? Not quite...

These are called "ice spikes". The surface of the bowl of water freezes first, sealing in the water below. As that water begins to freeze, it expands, creating higher pressure under the ice lid. Eventually, the pressure will either cause a small crack or opening in the ice where water will start to dribble out -- sort of like squeezing a tube of toothpaste.

However, as that water squeezes out to the surface, it too freezes. The pattern repeats until this refreezing process creates a spike.

Here are some more photos and a video they took.