May
28
And now from our ‘sad but true’ department.
I mean, unless you’re reading this in Alaska.
Many cities in Alaska will have a warmer Memorial Day Weekend than northwest cities like Portland, Seattle, Spokane and Medford.
Fairbanks, Alaska will be incredibly warm and you can see the high temperatures here.
Just for comparison sake: Fairbanks hit 81 degrees on Friday May 27, 2011. Portland hit 57 degrees. That… Read more
May
27
When I talk to local school kids about weather along the coast they always know Haystack Rock.
And you can see it in this shot from the Tolovana Inn along the waterfront in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Since this is a huge weekend for people to visit the coast I asked the Tolovana Inn’s Doug Nealeigh some questions about what’s happening there. This is the latest in my… Read more
May
26
When I watched this video, my jaw dropped.
It shows five days worth of tornado creating super-cell thunderstorms. These storms generated tornadoes in Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Indiana.
This animation includes a satellite view from space of the powerful line of storms that created the Joplin, Missouri EF-5 tornado with wind speeds of 200mph or more. That tornado hit on May 22, 2011… Read more
May
26
Imagine this: two hours worth of bridge lifts in a single day.
At a single spot crossing over a local river.
On the highway that is a lifeline between three states and three different countries.
I’m talking about Interstate 5 as it crosses the Columbia River between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington.
This is no feeble attempt at creative writing. This is what happened on Saturday May… Read more
May
23
Like a scene from a movie.
But this time it’s real and with deadly consequences.
You’re looking at the damage outside St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri, which was in the path of the most powerful kind of tornado there is–an EF-5. This rating means it had wind speeds of at least 200mph as it ripped into Joplin on Sunday evening May 22, 2011.
You can see… Read more
May
20
Did you plant your vegetable garden too soon?
I did.
Do you know the watering trick that helps your garden grow extra fast?
I do, now.
But only because of my Friday interview with Richard Barhoum for this post.
Here he is at his nursery, called George’s Garden Center. It’s a family business in Happy Valley, Oregon.
#1 I planted my vegetable garden as soon as I thought we… Read more
Bruce Sussman has been forecasting Northwest weather since 1994. He is the Chief Meteorologist at Koin Local 6 News in Portland, Oregon and a member of the American Meteorological Society. Bruce graduated from University of Missouri and completed advanced Meteorology studies at Mississippi State ....
