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...]
First Snow At Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood Meadows, Mt. Bachelor
The snow on early Wednesday October 5, 2011, was enough to get me thinking about hitting the slopes for the first time this season. It's just magic, isn't it. The anticipation will continue from now until opening day! This picture shows just enough snow at Mt. Bachelor to cover most of the … [Read more...]
An Interview With Design Students At The Art Institute Of Portland
There I was doing live weather at the FALL Home & Garden Show at the Portland Expo Center. Yeah, it was an 81 degree day and the air conditioner was cranked in there! But that's when I spotted the chocolate. Enlarge this picture and you'll see it, too, all over this dining room scene that … [Read more...]
A Rare Portland-Vancouver Event: Temperatures Refuse To Drop Even After Sunset
And this was no hot August night. It happened just a couple of days before we change the calendar to October. The 11PM temperature map you see here shows Portland was 17 degrees warmer than Corvallis and 8 degrees warmer than Salem. All cities were clear and dark. And that leaves just one … [Read more...]
If A NASA Satellite Doesn’t Fall Over Portland, Does It Still Make An Impact?
You bet it does--on Twitter and Facebook. This picture was taken by someone who actually saw the NASA UARS Satellite on the home stretch. Photographer David Bainbridge sent the picture in to one of my favorite web sites: spaceweather.com. But in Portland and Vancouver and eastern Oregon and … [Read more...]
Summer 2011 In Portland: The Summer That Ran One Month Behind
Sometimes (read: way too often) Summer in the Northwest is just a little slow getting started. I'd definitely put Portland's Summer 2011 in that category, wouldn't you? Just look at this first graphic. While much of the country was smashing hot weather records in July, people in Portland and … [Read more...]
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