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...]
From Hawaii — To The Northwest ‘Frying Pan’
I've been gone for awhile--on a family vacation to Hawaii. We had beautiful (and hot) weather while visiting Hapuna Beach on the Big Island. In this photo (left to right): my brother in law, teaching our oldest son to boogie board, then my youngest son that I was teaching--and finally me on the … [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...]
Portland’s May Weather: The Driest Of Times, The Wettest Of Times
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...]
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