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Archives for March 2011

Record Cool March Makes Woodburn Tulips Late To Their Own Festival

March 31, 2011 by Bruce Sussman Leave a Comment

It's a numbers game, really. And numbers are a funny thing. Most of us want the numbers at the gas pump to go down. And the numbers in our 401k plans to go up. But if you're a tulip grower in Oregon's Willamette Valley?Then you want the number 60 (degrees) to come up early and often along … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Weather History Tagged With: cloudy skies, northwest weather, oregon, rain, temperature, woodburn tulip festival

La Nina Delivers Wet, Record Cool March 2011 For Northwest

March 28, 2011 by Bruce Sussman 3 Comments

Updated: 3/31/2011 I tend to feel most sorry for golfers and gardeners as winter turns into spring on the calendar--but not in water logged yards or on mushy fairways. And let's face it: walking the dog in Washington and  Oregon has been a chilling and damp experience much of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Patterns Tagged With: heavy rain, la nina, mt. hood, northwest weather, rain, snow, snowpack, temperature, washington, winter

Hiking On The San Andreas Fault In Southern California

March 27, 2011 by Bruce Sussman 4 Comments

It's fame has been overshadowed recently by subduction zone faults under oceans that create mega-quakes followed by a tsunami. But the San Andreas fault in California has long been one of the most feared, revered and certainly one of the most studied faults in the United States. And if you're … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Earthquakes / Volcanoes Tagged With: california desert oasis, coachella valley preserve, earthquakes, hiking on a fault, palm desert, salton seismic imaging project, san andreas fault

An Interview With “Rainbirds” Who Escape The Northwest Rainy Season

March 25, 2011 by Bruce Sussman Leave a Comment

We all know about snowbirds, right? They're  people who leave places like North Dakota and bitter cold and snow for somewhere warmer down south. Well, here in the northwest we have our own version of those people: rainbirds! And in my continuing series of Friday interviews, I'm talking with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: oregon, portland, portland weather updates, rain, rainbirds, snow, snowbirds, washington, winter

Northwest Winter 2010 Wrap-Up, Spring 2011 Forecast

March 21, 2011 by Bruce Sussman 4 Comments

It's a classic spring photo: Maty, the dog, wearing her lei on the first day of Spring near Bend, Oregon. P-o-o-r Maty! Shannon Mendiola tweeted this photo and says she wishes Central Oregon snow would stop now that it's spring but she resigned herself to whatever comes: "it is what it is!" If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Patterns Tagged With: la nina, mt. hood, northwest weather, oregon, portland, rain, snow, snowpack, temperature, washington, winter, winter weather

Super-Moon Photo From Aloha, And Why The World Didn’t End

March 20, 2011 by Bruce Sussman Leave a Comment

The clouds parted just in time for many of us in SW Washington and Oregon to catch a glimpse of the Super-Moon. Gunnar Simonsen took this great shot from Aloha, Oregon with his Flip cam! I've heard those Flips are cool. Now I can see for myself. But aside from trying to enjoy the biggest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Weather Research & Technology Tagged With: catastrophe, disaster, earthquakes, moon, oregon, super-moon-photo, washington

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