Spending May 2013 in Portland, Oregon (and many other places in the northwest) was a wild weather ride! The month started with skies like you see in this picture. Beautiful and bright from sunrise to sunset. Portland weather spoiled us all: 14 straight days of unusually warm highs, as hot as … [Read more...]
Oklahoma Tornado: From The Air & From Space
The National Weather Service has upgraded the Moore, Oklahoma tornado's strength to an EF-5 tornado, with wind speeds of 200-210mph. Aerial pictures like this (tweeted by @WCL_Shawn)  show the view from above today, May 21, 2013. Somewhere on the ground amid the rubble, investigators from … [Read more...]
Developing:Deadly Oklahoma Tornado
It's heartbreaking. Pictures like this AP photo of a woman carrying a child away from the devastation in Moore, Oklahoma on the afternoon of May 20, 2013. Preliminary Tornado Strength: EF-4 with wind speeds up to 200mph. Death Toll: Sure to climb as searches go through rubble The most … [Read more...]
Ring Of Fire From Solar Eclipse, Down Under
Friday morning May 10, 2013 was spectacular in some parts of Australia. This is a picture of the so-called "Ring Of Fire" where the moon passing in front of the sun is not quite big enough to cover the entire sun as we see it. I found this photo by Nicole Hollenbeck on one of my favorite … [Read more...]
Updated: Spring, Summer 2013 Northwest Weather Outlook
Ahhh, Spring. A lot of sun time. Blue sky above the KOIN Tower (shown here). And warm weather most of the time. Uh, most years, this would describe anywhere but the Pacific Northwest, including Portland and the Willamette Valley. But so far, Spring 2013 has been unusually dry and … [Read more...]
Oregon Summer Water, Streamflow, Reservoir Forecast
Remember the water wars of summer's past? Where thousands of fish died in Klamath County and farmers and ranchers were angry because no one had enough water to go around? Or how about the year Oregon's Detroit Lake was so low that boat docks sat on dirt--instead of in the water? I remember … [Read more...]
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