Dec
29
Did you catch Sally Showman’s live reports from Mt. Hood Meadows last night?
They were incredible. It was just her, the pouring rain and an empty parking lot on what is typically the busiest ski and snowboarding week of the year.
And look at these 24hour RAIN totals. More than 6″ of rain at… Read more
Dec
27
This picture shows Mount Hood Meadows picking up 6″ of Christmas Night snow.
That, and the snow Monday night into this morning is happening at the best possible time: the busiest week of the year for Mt. Hood ski resorts!
And right now, Mt. Hood and Mt. Bachelor have some of the deepest snow in the U.S. Pretty crazy considering we’re way below average and are… Read more
Dec
22
“Just pick a theme and go with it!”
Ever heard that before? Apparently mother nature has.
Check out how much snow Portland had on the ground this week in 2008. Wow, the December 2008 theme was cold and snow. A forty year snow for the metro area right down to the valley floor. And a 50 year cold snap that kept hanging on.
December 2008… Read more
Dec
15
Oceanographers in Washington say the 2011 Japanese Megaquake and Tsunami created a debris field in the ocean that’s nearly the size of California!
And they say the big black ball in this picture appears to be one of the first pieces of Japanese Tsunami debris to reach the west coast, months before most thought anything… Read more
Dec
09
Maybe you’ve heard the moon takes on an eerie red glow.
Or maybe you’ve heard a total lunar eclipse leaves the full moon suddenly dark.
Or maybe you’ve heard a total lunar eclipse can leave make the moon look like a glowing orange in the sky.
The truth is, all of these things–and more–including a turquoise–are possible.
Here’s a short video by the folks at NASA… Read more
Dec
07
With no storm systems even close by–and nearly 50 degree temperatures up on Mt. Hood…you can imagine I was stunned to hear it had just snowed in McMinnville and we already had the pictures coming in to my KOIN Local 6 colleague, Meteorologist Matt Brode.
Right after that, I found out we’d also had several calls from different people who were seeing the snow.
And if seeing… 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 ....
