Oct
19
You’ve heard there are thousands of pieces of space junk rotating the earth, right?
One of those pieces of junk is the ROSAT X-ray Observatory that launched in 1990 as a joint effort between the U.S., Germany and the United Kingdom.
Scientists say the satellite turned off in 1999 and it’s been part of the space junk inventory every since.
Now, sometime before Halloween 2011, the satellite… Read more
Oct
16
When I visit classes, kids always ask me: “How do you predict the weather?” For the 7day forecast, I say, it comes down to Super Computers and Satellites.
This quick video hits the highlights of how this works and how the latest generation of Satellite, called the NPP, or NPOESS Prepatory Project..will help improve my forecasts! Check it out…because the NPP launches October 27, 2011.
Sep
23
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 Washington we missed out even though it flew right overhead. Probably because the satellite was tumbling–and with… Read more
Sep
21
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 Twitter and Facebook. I’m pretty sure it would have been… Read more
Jun
10
An entire week has gone by.
With only a handful of tweets.
Just four posts on Facebook.
And only one new story here on the brucesussman.com weather blog.
What happened to me?
I was busier than I have been in years–and you can blame it on my day job!
New Look, New Newscast For KOIN Local 6
For starters, we launched our 4pm newscast this last… Read more
May
10
It’s nickname is the ’Dumbo octopus’. And apparently, it lives off the Oregon coast!
It’s scientific name is the ‘Grimpoteuthis Bathynectes octopus’. I’m glad this is not a podcast blog–I’d never be able to say that one!
This creature is part of the incredible sea life that lives thousands of feet below the surface.
And along the Oregon and Washington Coasts, there are ‘thermal vents’ or spots where hot… 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 ....
