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Will Portland Go From Scattered Snow Showers To Solid Snow?
This is snapshot from our 3-D PinPoint Doppler that I used on the 11 o’clock news Monday night on Koin Local 6. It shows the nature of the snow showers we’re working with Tuesday. They’re scattered...
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I Heard It On The Radio: It’s Going To Snow This Week in Portland
That’s right. I heard it on the radio while taking the kids to school this morning–there’s a “pretty good chance of sticking snow on valley floor later this week”, the DJ said. And whenever I heard a...
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Updated: Snow Outlook Through Friday
Ready to go in reverse? That’s what our temperatures will do Wednesday. 50s at 1am. 46 degrees around breakfast. 42 at lunch time. And dropping to 39 degrees for the evening commute. Yep, it’s a sign...
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Updated: Portland’s Longest (January) Dry Stretch In 5 Years
Here we go. The rain and snow have stopped. Now, it’s dry time starting Wednesday January 16. And beyond. Maybe way beyond! If you’ve lived here long, or just know Portland’s rainy reputation, you can...
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Freezing Rain Advisory On Monday Night
Updated – 11:45pm Monday night: most temperatures have warmed 1-2 degrees in the last few hours. This means a temperature range of 31-34 for the morning commute. So some slick spots but I have a...
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Want To Warm Up? Grab Your Gear And Get To Mt. Hood!
We’re entering that weird ‘twilight zone of weather’ where things are not what they seem. Or at least, not what they usually are! Low clouds, fog and chilly air will be stuck in the Willamette Valley...
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The Strange Thing About Freezing Rain
Big parts of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington are under a Freezing Rain Advisory until Noon on Wednesday January 23, 2013. Although I’m pretty sure it will be canceled long before that. But...
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Portland Dry Stretch Ended, Willamette Valley Inversion Broken Up
It’s in the books: Portland’s longest January dry stretch in five years. Seven dry days in a row may not sound like much, but in Portland, it’s rare. I wrote about Portland’s January dry stretches...
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Incredible Cold, Leads To Incredible Ice After Chicago Fire
It looks like something from a movie set. I mean, this picture of ice coating a truck and barrels in Chicago must be a work of photoshop, right? Apparently not. It’s a Reuter’s photo in the aftermath...
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Major Quakes & Mega-Quakes: An Unusual Number Of Them Lately
The earthquake alerts I have set-up went crazy as I was finishing my forecast for the 5 o’clock news. A Magnitude 8.0 Major Earthquake hit an island chain in the south Pacific at 5:12pm Portland time...
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Sweet End To One Of Portland’s Rainiest Days Of 2013
Sweet indeed. That’s how I’d describe the end of Wednesday March 6, 2013. At least the end at the coast. Specifically, Agate Beach Oregon, near Newport. Claire captures that nicely. And just as sweet...
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Updated: Spring, Summer 2013 Northwest Weather Outlook
Ahhh, Spring. A lot of sun time. Blue sky above the KOIN Tower (shown here). And warm weather most of the time. Uh, most years, this would describe anywhere but the Pacific Northwest, including...
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Portland’s May Weather: The Driest Of Times, The Wettest Of Times
Spending May 2013 in Portland, Oregon (and many other places in the northwest) was a wild weather ride! The month started with skies like you see in this picture. Beautiful and bright from sunrise to...
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May 2013 In Portland: Headed Into The Record Books
We did it. Portland had so much rain during May 2013, we made it into the record books for the month. As you can see, we tied 2010 for third wettest may on record at PDX, with records dating back to...
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Back To School, Back To Blogging
After a late summer break from blogging, we’ve got one son playing flag football, another playing soccer and both of them back in the school routine. And, I’m happy to report that every morning except...
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February Arctic Blast For Portland, Northwest
Do you like wind? Wait, let me qualify that: do you like gusty wind that takes your breath away because it’s so cold? If you answered NO, then plan on staying indoors for part of the first week in...
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Portland Weekend Snow, Or NO?
It seems like the Portland and Vancouver area is headed for the ‘weather tri-fecta’ this week: Cold. Wind. Snow. And as usual, the last part of the ‘tri-fecta’ is already playing hard to get. Story of...
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Thursday Snow Breakdown:Portland, Willamette Valley, Coast & Gorge
Notice the time on this graphic? It’s 5pm on Thursday February 6, 2014. And if the snow is really going like this…you know the evening commute is going to be a mess! Here’s the note I sent out to our...
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Oregon Drought Update
After two incredibly stormy weeks, it’s suddenly an ‘off the charts’ wet February. And I’ve been asked if that means Oregon’s drought is over. If you keep reading down the graphic, you can see for...
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What Happened To Meteorologist Bruce Sussman?
Did you notice this picture? It’s a question mark shaped cloud over Portland. I found this shot in my image archives and it seemed appropriate! The short answer to the question about why I’m off off...
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