They're the kind of clouds that made people stop and stare. And lucky for all of us--they took pictures, too! I was showing them all night on the news. They're called Iridescent clouds and they are a rare sight in our northwest skies. Check out a sampling of the pictures, followed by an … [Read more...]
Portland Heatwave – Updated Hot Stats
Just before writing this blog post--I went for a walk. It was 10:30pm Saturday night and still a rather humid 79 degrees in Portland! Here are the 'hot stats' of this Portland and northwest heatwave. I'll update these this week! 92 degrees - Portland heatwave day one - Friday June 28, … [Read more...]
Only The West Is Warm During Spring 2013
I've been hearing about this all spring. "Wow, our weather has been really nice this year!" Yep, it sure has. And these NOAA images show that living in the northwest was actually a warm and dry situation this spring. Along with much of New England. On the top chart, the red is unusually warm. … [Read more...]
Rare Willamette Valley Tornado Hits, Many Funnel Clouds Seen
It's rare--but wild weather happens in the northwest. This picture shows a well formed funnel cloud about 15 miles due south of Oregon State University on the afternoon of Thursday June 13, 2013. As far as we know, it never touched down. So that's why we call it a funnel cloud. We'd call it a … [Read more...]
Incredible Week Of Weather Photos For Oregon & Washington
How about a giant question mark in the sky--created by some wispy clouds over Portland? Yep, Amanda caught a picture of this one. And besides Portland being unusually warm the first week of June 2013, it was also unusually interesting when it comes to the week in pictures. Here's what I … [Read more...]
May 2013 In Portland: Headed Into The Record Books
We did it. Portland had so much rain during May 2013, we made it into the record books for the month. As you can see, we tied 2010 for third wettest may on record at PDX, with records dating back to 1941. But the way we did this is also incredible: That's right...more rain during a nine … [Read more...]
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