Is it okay to write a blog post from a bit of a selfish standpoint? I took the time to look up the start and end dates of the 2015 seasons and now I'm putting them all in one place. Easier for you to find when you're debating a friend (months from now) over the start date of Summer 2015. And, … [Read more...]
The Year In Weather: Oregon’s 2014 Report
I think the craziest weather of 2014 award has to go to Sunriver--which had an incredible summer hailstorm that made it look like it had snowed! The temperature there also dropped more than 20 degrees in just a few minutes thanks to the thunderstorm. But west of the mountains the weather in Oregon … [Read more...]
Record High Pressure Over Oregon And Washington, Explained
My sinuses are hurting me as I write this. And I do not even have the nasty cold that is going around. And if you do, wow, your head must really be hurting worse today. That would be because of the record high pressure recorded in Portland (and elsewhere in the northwest) essentially … [Read more...]
Flood Potential: Live Blog Weekend Of December 20-21
Rain totals keep adding up as a huge atmospheric river event unfolds right over northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. It looks like we should avoid major flooding most places thanks to something that's really hurt business in the mountains: a lack of snow. If we were melting snow into the … [Read more...]
Top 10 Weather Books To Give As A Gift
The truth is, I've been meaning to write this blog post for years. Because every December people start asking me for ideas on unique things they can buy for someone in their family who loves talking about, hearing about or learning about weather. With the number of days until Christmas nearly … [Read more...]
Portland’s Most Powerful Wind Gusts Since 1981
Thursday December 11, 2014 started off innocently enough. If you were in the Willamette Valley or southwest Washington you might have even  commented on how still the morning was. "You think this wind is still coming today?," someone asked me as I was dropping the kids off at school. Also at the … [Read more...]
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