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
15
Probably the best thing about having to work a ‘bonus’ Saturday night was the chance to use one of my favorite weather tools: our exclusive 3-D PinPoint Doppler.
I love it because of how it looks (cool, right?) and because of what it does.
This single image is from 10:13pm on Saturday night January 14, 2011. It shows exactly and soooo clearly what’s headed into Oregon… Read more
Jan
13
Saturday Mid-day Update: I like the way everything looks! Gusty south winds in some parts of the valley are replaced by a northwest breeze later–a sign of cooling. That’s already happened along the coast. I can see the cold air on approach on the satellite–and by this evening we should see those hit and miss snow showers start up! The rest of the forecast below… 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 ....
