Jan
26
The whole thing started innocently enough. With snow showers and sun breaks right down to the waters of the Pacific Ocean…and the Willamette River…and the Columbia River.
Don Best took this picture of Rockaway Beach, Oregon on January 16th after an early morning snow shower. There’s just something about Oregon & Washington beaches covered in snow that gets me every time!
Here’s a shot from… Read more
Jan
21
I’m not sure how this blog post will look in the site because I’m posting this one on the road from my iPhone.
But you can sure see how the Willamette River looks in Oregon City on Saturday January 21, 2012.
Check out the shelter that’s under water. When we pulled up our six year old said, “Daddy, there’s a roof in the… 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
Nov
20
You’re looking at our KOIN Local 6 computer created estimates of the total rainfall between now and Wednesday evening.
C-R-A-Z-Y.
But true?
Can we believe Portland could see almost 6″ of rain this week or that Tillamook could see 5″ of rain?
I’m treating this like I treat any estimate of rain totals: don’t count on hitting an exact number that’s bound to change as we go through… Read more
Nov
14
That’s right. I’ve heard the rumors of Portland snow. Have you?
I was on a dinner-date with our four year old last night at Buster’s Barbecue. He had the chicken leg kids plate. It comes with a 4-pack of Oreo’s for dessert–and I’m pretty sure it’s the real reason he wants to eat there. I had the beef brisket. That’s the real reason I want to eat… Read more
Oct
12
On Wednesday evening October 12, 2011, a magnitude 5.9 quake rumbled under the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon Coast.
It was a little more than 200miles west-southwest of Newport, Oregon.
This was too small to generate any kind of tsunami (closer to magnitude 7.0 is the approximate ‘tsunami generating size’ of quake you need).
But it’s a reminder that the Pacific Northwest is an earthquake… 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 ....
