There I was doing live weather at the FALL Home & Garden Show at the Portland Expo Center. Yeah, it was an 81 degree day and the air conditioner was cranked in there! But that's when I spotted the chocolate. Enlarge this picture and you'll see it, too, all over this dining room scene that … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
A Rare Portland-Vancouver Event: Temperatures Refuse To Drop Even After Sunset
And this was no hot August night. It happened just a couple of days before we change the calendar to October. The 11PM temperature map you see here shows Portland was 17 degrees warmer than Corvallis and 8 degrees warmer than Salem. All cities were clear and dark. And that leaves just one … [Read more...]
If A NASA Satellite Doesn’t Fall Over Portland, Does It Still Make An Impact?
You bet it does--on Twitter and Facebook. This picture was taken by someone who actually saw the NASA UARS Satellite on the home stretch. Photographer David Bainbridge sent the picture in to one of my favorite web sites: spaceweather.com. But in Portland and Vancouver and eastern Oregon and … [Read more...]
Summer 2011 In Portland: The Summer That Ran One Month Behind
Sometimes (read: way too often) Summer in the Northwest is just a little slow getting started. I'd definitely put Portland's Summer 2011 in that category, wouldn't you? Just look at this first graphic. While much of the country was smashing hot weather records in July, people in Portland and … [Read more...]
Rare Fireball Seen Above Portland And Vancouver
I love how 'instant' everything is these days. That includes the ability of so many to instantly share the fact they just saw a bright light in the sky! Tonight, not long after 8 o'clock, we got a smattering of phone calls into the KOIN Local 6 Newsroomand some people were talking about it on … [Read more...]
La Nina Returns: Back So Soon?
It's b-a-a-a-a-c-k! It's the weather phenomena that usually means a cloudier and rainier rainy season. Really, do we need any help with this? Apparently we do: La Nina has re-developed in the Pacific Ocean  less than three months after it faded away. If you're a regular blog reader … [Read more...]