Jun
13
This is now Arizona’s largest wildfire on record!
There is so much smoke from the Wallow wildfire in Arizona that you can clearly see it from outer space in this NASA image.
This picture was taken on June 9, 2011 as the fire’s total hit 400,000 acres–but on June 13, 2011, the Wallow fire become Arizona’s largest wildfire on record. The total hit 469,407 acres (1,900 square kilometers or 733 square miles). It’s now bigger than… Read more
Jun
12
It took me awhile to hunt down these images from the air taken after the Joplin, Missouri tornado in May 2011.
These pictures actually helped the state of Missouri get a handle on the damage from the Joplin, Missouri tornado so they could devise the best way to start the cleanup and recovery and how to continue it for months to come.
Joplin High School Destroyed By Tornado
This main photo is of Joplin High School at 21st… 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 week (it runs from 4pm-5pm) and that means an… Read more
Jun
06
It’s one of my favorite names in Oregon: Cape Foulweather.
But on the first Saturday of June 2011, Cape Foulweather (along the Oregon Coast) hit 80 degrees.
Hey, you can’t always judge a place by it’s name!
Incredible Weekend Highs Along The Oregon Coast
Portland’s First 80 Degree Day Of The Year
Being the over-achievers that we are around here… Read more
Jun
03
I really cannot remember what it’s like to wear flip-flops and shorts over a weekend.
Except for the time I did that earlier in the year and was wearing a warm fleece, too!
Well, you can ditch the fleece this weekend–just make sure you can find the sunglasses!
Instant Summer Heat Headed To Places Like Astoria, Portland, Vancouver, Seattle
Two things will make it suddenly hot around the northwest this weekend.
Jun
02
The Springfield, Massachusetts tornado is something locals will always remember.
The state is like Oregon & Washington, averaging just 1-3 tornadoes a year. Most of those are in the middle of nowhere.
But this incredible video shows the tornado that hit downtown Springfield, Massachusetts on June 1, 2011.
It really gets amazing about 35 seconds in. This is where you see the power of the wind to move water and suck it up into the sky and… 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 ....
