The Northern Lights exploded into skies across the United States and the many places around the world on Monday night October 24, 2011. Some of the weakest displays were in Oregon and Washington. But it's a miracle anyone here saw them at all because most of us living here never … [Read more...]
Say What? Another Satellite Is About To Crash To Earth
You've heard there are thousands of pieces of space junk rotating the earth, right? One of those pieces of junk is the ROSAT X-ray Observatory that launched in 1990 as a joint effort between the U.S., Germany and the United Kingdom. Scientists say the satellite turned off in 1999 and it's … [Read more...]
New Generation Of Weather & Climate Satellite About To Launch
When I visit classes, kids always ask me: "How do you predict the weather?" For the 7day forecast, I say, it comes down to Super Computers and Satellites. This quick video hits the highlights of how this works and how the latest generation of Satellite, called the NPP, or NPOESS Prepatory … [Read more...]
La Nina Forecast 2011: Update On Northwest Impact
Tired of the rainy season yet? Before IÂ talk about La Nina winter weather for Portland, Seattle and other northwest places based on the latest information...let's talk about fall weather in the northwest during a La Nina year. Image number one here tells us what we need to know. During a La … [Read more...]
Magnitude 5.9 Quake Off The Oregon Coast
On Wednesday evening October 12, 2011, a magnitude 5.9 quake rumbled under the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon Coast. It was a little more than 200miles west-southwest of Newport, Oregon. This was too small to generate any kind of tsunami (closer to magnitude 7.0 is the approximate 'tsunami … [Read more...]
Rare Northwest Tornado Near Spokane, Washington
It was out over farm country southwest of Spokane where the winds can really whip around. In this picture, you're looking at a tornado (which is actually touching the ground) and a funnel cloud. A funnel cloud is a rotating cloud but by definition, does NOT touch the ground. This all happened … [Read more...]
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