It's my favorite weather saying: "Ring around the sun or moon, rain is coming soon." And it proves to be true an amazing amount of the time. In this photo you can see that ring around the sun in San Diego above the USS Midway, now a floating museum, docked along the San Diego waterfront. To … [Read more...]
Looks Like Another Cool & Wet Spring For The Northwest
It's cruel. But it's not unusual. This NOAA forecast has just one area of the entire country forecast to be unusually cool: Washington, Oregon & some other parts of the northwest! The blue means unusually cool for April, May & June. For the second year in a row...that's us! The … [Read more...]
Japan Tsunami Debris: Surprising Discovery Off Canadian Coast
Rusty, abandoned and eerie: a 'ghost ship' floats the Pacific Ocean off the Coast of Canada. This one confirmed to have been swept to sea during the Japanese tsunami & mega-quake of 2011. Experts have been asking this question for months: when will the Japan Tsunami debris reach Canada, … [Read more...]
Record Late Snow, Amounts For Portland, Salem, Eugene
How about a snowy spring night on the Aloha, Oregon, High School football field? Ryan Mishler caught some Aloha Warriors in action during our record breaking snow that started March 21, 2012 and stretched into early Thursday March 22, 2012. Yep--it's spring but looks like winter! Here are the … [Read more...]
Inches Of Snow Covers Duck’s Autzen Stadium
"It never rains at Autzen Stadium!" I'm amazed how true this is each Oregon Ducks football season. It may not rain at Autzen...but this picture proves it snows. In Spring. 7" of snow on the field at Autzen Stadium. March 21, 2012 is the latest big season snow in Eugene, Oregon history. So … [Read more...]
Major Mexico Quake Detected Under Mt. Hood
A 7.4 earthquake rattled Mexico City & Acapulco, Mexico this afternoon. There was NO tsunami threat this time for the west coast of North America. But as you see here from the electronic seismograph on Mt. Hood, energy traveled thru the earth all the way to Oregon's famous mountain! This is … [Read more...]
Goodbye To Portland Area’s March Snow (Again)
Here it is on Wednesday March 13, 2012. The Sussman family snowman--or what's left of it. Carrot eyes, straw arms and buttons (yes, actual buttons) mercilessly ripped from frosty's body by warmer weather and rain. The remnants of frosty now a survivor (sort of) on bark dust island. March … [Read more...]
More March Snow For Portland, Willamette Valley
 It's hard to believe we could end up with accumulating snow after a 50 degree day, isn't it? To the right, you can see what our KOIN Local 6 forecast model (called the RPM) expects as total snow between late Monday night March 12, 2012 and early on the morning of the 13th. The good news -- … [Read more...]
Solar Flare From Sun Leads To Solar Storm On Earth, Northern Lights
Folks in Washington State's Methow Valley saw the northern lights on Wednesday March 7, 2012. This is a shot I that Ed posted on one of my favorite web sites out there, Spaceweather.com. The amount of solar energy hitting earth should be increasing early Thursday morning and peak during the … [Read more...]
Nearly 100 Tornadoes In A Single Day – Updated
I can't imagine what it was like to be Larry Williams. He's the one who captured this Indiana tornado photo of a massive twister near Borden, Indiana on March 2, 2012. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center received reports of 94 tornadoes in a single day. And while some of these will be duplicate … [Read more...]
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