Nov
08
November 2012 in Portland started with record breaking warmth.
For example–our lows for the first six days in a row were in the 50s. We’ve never had six consecutive November low temperatures at or above 50 degrees at PDX since records started being kept there in 1941.
Now, it’s suddenly cold. Portland’s had its first morning in the 30s since last April–and coolest highs since then, too.
Plus the snow is flying again on… Read more
Nov
04
I actually saw people wearing shorts on Sunday November 4, 2012.
And for once…it was a good call to wear them!
The warm and humid air streaming in from the southwest boosted highs in the metro area into the upper 60s even with just occasional sun breaks.
But where the sun really came out–it seemed like a ‘November heat-wave’ had come to town. Look at these highs!
And now it’s almost time to… Read more
Nov
02
We know how October works, right?
We start warm in Portland. And we end up all wet.
But rarely do we get this wet–6.14″ of rain, 205% of average! All that and not even in the top 5 wettest Octobers. Oh well, maybe next time.
Also, just for fun, I asked KOIN Local 6 Weather Intern Jeff to break down the month and see which days were wettest and driest–by day of the week.
Oct
30
Flood water from Hurricane Sandy storm surge pours into a New Jersey Path (subway) station in Hoboken, NJ. It looks like something I saw just last week on the Universal Studios tour. But this is for real.
And today, Tuesday October 30, 2012, is when we see much more of the damage that’s been done.
In the meantime, I’ve started to compile some facts for the post on… Read more
Oct
29
Hurricane Sandy is going to do so much damage & devastation to the northeast that it’s going to be hard to believe.
These pictures are coming in on Twitter from Atlantic City, New Jersey–a full 12 hours before landfall is expected along the New Jersey Coast.
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The strongest winds? Still offshore.
The biggest storm surge of water to be pushed inland? Still offshore.
The… Read more
Oct
28
This map shows how Oregon, Washington & Alaska missed getting hit by a significant tsunami after a 7.7 magnitude quake off the coast of British Columbia last night.
Tsunami experts track what they call the beam of energy after a major earthquake like this. That beam was aimed away (mostly) from the northwest.
That saved us this time.
And you can clearly see the ‘finger’ of energy aimed toward Hawaii. This is based… 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 ....
