The Pineapple Express is coming to town. And that rarely means anything good for the northwest except for people who like it really wet and windy. This is our KOIN Local 6 in-house RainCast for 9am Monday. Places like Portland, Vancouver, Salem and Newport will be under a Pacific firehose that, … [Read more...]
Medium Sized Earthquakes In Oregon & Washington: Eerily Quiet
I'm always wondering, behind the scenes, when the 'Big One' or another lesser, but still damaging earthquake, will hit the Willamette Valley. Sure we've had our typical small 'micro-quakes' like the one that rumbled under Sauvie Island on Friday November 16, 2012. But if you think about, it's … [Read more...]
Funnel Cloud, Heavy Hail Hit Oregon Coast & Willamette Valley
They caught more than fish, Friday, on board the boat called the "Ruby Sea" . They also caught this photo taken from the Columbia River of a thunderstorm that created a funnel cloud. This funnel cloud was over land and also reported by a number of eye witnesses in the Costco parking lot in … [Read more...]
‘Weather-whiplash’ Hits Portland And The Northwest
November 2012 in Portland started with record breaking warmth. For example--our lows for the first six days in a row were in the 50s. We've never had six consecutive November low temperatures at or above 50 degrees at PDX since records started being kept there in 1941. Now, it's suddenly … [Read more...]
Records Fall From November Heat, Big Cool Down Ahead
I actually saw people wearing shorts on Sunday November 4, 2012. And for once...it was a good call to wear them! The warm and humid air streaming in from the southwest boosted highs in the metro area into the upper 60s even with just occasional sun breaks. But where the sun really came … [Read more...]
Portland Has An Incredibly Wet October, Now A Drier November?
We know how October works, right? We start warm in Portland. And we end up all wet. But rarely do we get this wet--6.14" of rain, 205% of average! All that and not even in the top 5 wettest Octobers. Oh well, maybe next time. Also, just for fun, I asked KOIN Local 6 Weather Intern Jeff to … [Read more...]
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