It's official...the sun is now setting just after 8pm in Portland, Vancouver, Salem & along the coast. I love this time of year for that reason. Although I hate squandering all this daylight on days in the 50s like we did on April 17th! Portland's Late, Later and Latest … [Read more...]
One Big Lesson We Learned From Titanic
It may not look like much, but this map (click on it to make it bigger) is one of the big lessons we learned form the sinking of Titanic 100 years ago today. This is the map of known icebergs -- of varying shapes and sizes -- moving around the north Atlantic Ocean right now. This map is for April … [Read more...]
Baby Video Of Packy The Elephant On His 50th Birthday
This picture is from when the Oregon Zoo's world famous elephant turned one year old. Pictures were still in black and white. Today, April 14, 2012, Packy turns 50 years old. And amazingly, Portland sun will be shining, especially for those celebrating with Packy later in the day. While I was … [Read more...]
Thunderstorm Hits Beaverton, Newberg, Aloha And Hillsboro
The Portland metro area's first thunderstorm of 2012 developed over Newberg & Dundee around 5:45 on Thursday evening April 12. By 6:30pm, the storm was creating lightning and thunder over Hillsboro, Aloha and parts of Beaverton. Thanks to Aaron and Ryan for the pictures of the storm. With … [Read more...]
Funnel Cloud Spotted Over Southwest Washington
Local weather enthusiast and photographer Tyler Mode was near Battleground, Washington on Wednesday April 11, 2012, when he says this funnel cloud developed quite close to him. Apparently it only lasted a couple of minutes and then it was gone. A sign of unstable and cooler air moving into the … [Read more...]
24 Hours Of Big Quakes, Smaller One Off Oregon Coast
A 5.9 earthquake off the Oregon Coast (about 200 miles southwest of Newport) on Wednesday April 11, 2012, was the 'small quake' of the last 24 hours, relatively speaking. As this map shows, the quake hit along an underwater ridge line at 3:41pm -- it's a spot where lots of quakes happen. 24 … [Read more...]
My Chance To Do Weather With A Girl Who Is Battling Cancer
Here name is Daisy. She's 13 years old and already been through so much. And on Friday April 6, 2012, she wanted a chance to do the weather on TV. The picture you see here is a practice round before the 4pm newscast on KOIN Local 6. Doesn't she look like a natural? She was so good that … [Read more...]
Sinking Of Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship, In Pictures
This picture shows the view as a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flies over the Japanese tsunami "ghost ship" Ryou-Un Maru in the Gulf Of Alaska on April 4, 2012. The ship was pulled out to sea during the Japanese tsunami of 2011. This picture shows members of the Coast Guard crew dropping a "Self … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Sinks Tsunami Ghost Ship Off Of Alaska
It looks like the scene from a Hollywood blockbuster. A lone ship, abandoned and adrift on an ocean. It's fired on--then on fire--until it sinks below the surface and never comes up again. This time, the whole thing was real. I first wrote about this Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship last week. … [Read more...]
We Broke It: All Time March Rain Record For Portland, Oregon
I've had a lot of questions about whether the weather (get my play on words?) made Portland's March 2012 a record breaker. Yes, indeed. Just enough rain to record 7.89" of rain at PDX, Portland Airport, where records date back to 1940. And, we had our latest accumulating snow near the Portland … [Read more...]
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