Feb
15
Imagine you spent Valentine’s Day 2011 in Bend. Highs hit 60 degrees and there was no snow anywhere, except a melting pile or two to the side of the road.
Then you wake up on the 15th of February and it’s been snowing an inch an hour overnight!
Now that’s a shocker.
This picture that Dave Stalker sent in from Bend shows the sudden accumulation of snow.… Read more
Feb
14
Is the rhyming headline okay?
I mean it’s Valentine’s Day. So thought I’d better have a poem somewhere in here!
But kidding aside, this headline is also true. Two different storm systems off the west coast (you see the southern one in this image, all curled up!) will make Monday very interesting.
Feb
12
It’s been fun, hasn’t it?
A walk in the afternoon sun.
The Oregon Zoo without any rain gear.
And practically planning on dry Northwest weather because that’s just the way it is. Or, at least, that’s the way it was!
I asked those of you on the Bruce Sussman Facebook Weather Page if you’re ready for the return of the rainy season.
Laura says, “Sure. I’ve had this inexplicable urge… Read more
Feb
10
“
A what? A moon tree?”
That’s what I said when I came across NASA ‘s article that moon trees planted around the country are missing.
Now researchers are looking for them. And you might be able to help!
Explanation: What Are Moon Trees
Feb
08
And the worst news for skiers and boarders: these triple digit wind gusts would’ve been either a cross-wind or a head-wind.
So if you didn’t get blown sideways you might’ve just hung on the downhill without, um, going downhill!
The incredible wind gusts you see in this graphic peaked at 105.2mph at 3pm on Monday February 7, 2011. The information is from the highest weather… Read more
Feb
04
When I was on vacation last year in Central Oregon, I had a farmer tell me that he never cuts hay if clouds are appearing above Mount Hood. He was talking about the same type of strange looking clouds that appeared over our mountains on Thursday evening February 3rd, 2011.
In meteorology we call them Lenticular clouds. But they have a ton of nicknames. UFO… 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 ....
