Cliff Mass is a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington. He is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society and has been an editor of several meteorological journals. He is the author of the 2008 book “The Weather of the Pacific Northwest” and broadcasts a weekly weather information segment on KPLU, a local public radio station. He regularly writes commentary on weather at on his blog. REI member since 1977.
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