I had to do the math twice on this one. Because even I didn't believe it. But it's true. Here in Portland, Oregon's cool summer of 2011...if you're seeing a view like this with the KOIN Tower under brilliant blue sky...it's probably a weekend! Does Murphy know we're breaking his law? … [Read more...]
An Interview With Mt. Hood Skibowl’s Hans Wipper
It's an event on the Sussman calendar every summer: a trip to Government Camp, Oregon where we go down the Alpine Slides you see in this picture. I'm not sure who loves it more: the kids...or the parents. It was the Alpine Slides that originally got us hooked on Mount Hood Skibowl's Summer … [Read more...]
The Northwest Summer Day To Avoid – If You’re Getting Married
Have you ever started hunting for something specific around the house--only to find something unexpected, that's really cool? Well, that happened to me when I was digging through the records on rainy & cool July days. I discovered that if you're getting married in Portland or Salem during … [Read more...]
Oregon & Washington: Coolest In The Entire United States
And I'm not even talking about our cool & damp weekend. Instead, it's a longer-term weather trend that shows Oregon and Washington is outpacing the rest of the country in our area of specialty. Cool Weather. This map shows the April-June temperature trend for each state. It's shows how … [Read more...]
An Interview With KOIN Local 6 Weekend Weather Anchor Sally Showman
Fifteen years ago -- I was walking in Sally Showman's footsteps. I moved from a Spokane news station to a Portland news station. Sally just did that.  I was a weekend weather anchor and weekday reporter. Sally is doing that. And I was close to becoming a certified meteorologist. … [Read more...]
Sussman’s Believe It Or Not: Portland’s Had A Nice July So Far
True, it's an unusually cool, gray and drizzly day as I'm writing this post. Â But outside of the last 48 hours, this has been a pretty nice July. Â I'm calling it 'Sussman's believe it or not' because when I was telling people at the office yesterday that it's been a nice July so far only … [Read more...]
Awesome Clouds Fill Northwest Skies During Warm Summer Weekend
Some of the clouds were downright huge! This top photo took Darlisa Black a full five shots with her cell phone - then she stitched the photos together to create this awesome picture. She saw this lenticular cloud from her summer weekend vantage point in the Columbia River Gorge in White … [Read more...]
Friday Interview With OMSI Planetarium Manager Jim Todd
This is a picture of the final Space Shuttle launch in U.S. history. The Space Shuttle Atlantis. Weather was questionable but just good enough to get the job done. For my ongoing series of Friday interviews, I'm talking with the guy who runs the Planetarium at OMSI, the Oregon Museum of … [Read more...]
Fourth Of July In The Northwest: Trend Proves True, Again
It's here, the Fourth Of July Weekend. And while my cousin Mariana is sending me texts from Kansas letting me know about triple digit heat...here we sit in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington--waiting for a warm up. Well, here it comes. And it's proving that the Fourth Of July … [Read more...]
Friday Interview: Talkin’ With Meteorologist Richard “Heatwave” Berler
Look for the cowboy hat. And the blue suit. That's what I did during the opening session of the AMS Broadcast Meteorology Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma this week. I was looking for the guy everyone calls "Heatwave" because no weather conference would be complete without his sense … [Read more...]
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