May
03
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 Portland and the Willamette Valley.
But so far, Spring 2013 has been unusually dry and warm. And that overall trend may take us right into a hot & dry northwest summer.
See… Read more
Mar
06
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 is the sunset picture from Rockaway Beach, Oregon.
Oooh. Ahhh. Look at those colors just above the horizon as you look west across the Pacific Ocean. Thanks, Don, for the photo.… Read more
Feb
06
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 on Tuesday February 5, 2013.
Weird, second quake in the last week that’s disrupted my weather forecast during the 5pm… Read more
Jan
24
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 of a fire in Chicago where the firefighters water froze into an unbelievable scene. Temperatures have been as low as zero this week in the windy city.
Jan
23
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 earlier this month.
The rain on Wednesday January 23rd also did something else: it brought in enough wind and motion… Read more
Jan
22
Big parts of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington are under a Freezing Rain Advisory until Noon on Wednesday January 23, 2013.
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 ....
