He's the nation's foremost and furriest prognosticator about the chances for more winter weather ahead. But this year Punxsutawney Phil has trouble. Old man winter himself is trying to upstage the world's most famous groundhog. Wednesday is Groundhog day 2011 and the forecast in … [Read more...]
Four Things I Learned On Vacation in Phoenix
I'm back in town and doing the weather on KOIN Local 6 Monday just in time to talk about a chilly east wind. I've been down in Phoenix with my wife and kids at something called WordCamp Phoenix. The camp ended with an ice sculpture in the desert--not something you see everyday. WordCamp is … [Read more...]
Weather On The Other Side Of The World Impacts The Pacific Northwest
What in the world could a picture of a stranded kangaroo have to do with the Northwestern U.S.? More than most of us realize. More than I realized until visiting with another dad at a recent kids birthday party. He's a lumber broker and he's seeing first hand how the 50 years floods in Australia … [Read more...]
Two Months Until Spring – But What About Some Willamette Valley Snow?
 Time is ticking toward spring.  As if the Crocus & Daffodil heads popping up aren't sign enough, I even have a 'spring countdown clock' half way down the right side of this page. But neither of those things are why I wrote this post. Instead, it's the questions people are asking me … [Read more...]
Like a Hurricane on Mt. Hood
"Huge logs are floating past and we can hear what sounds like thunder but are the boulders being pushed by the rushing water."That's what Michele Veenker wrote when she sent this video of the normally tranquil Sandy River. The river runs down the slopes of Mt. Hood. Downriver, near the town of … [Read more...]
Special Visitors Tour Behind The Scenes In The PinPoint Weather Center
How about a stay at a bed & breakfast where part of the weekend package includes a visit to the KOIN Local 6 studios and a behind the scenes tour of the PinPoint Weather Center? That's the way it was for these 'treasures' from Martha's Place which is a bed and breakfast for those with … [Read more...]
Scientists Will Fly Through Pineapple Express Storm That’s Headed To The Northwest
Only a few people on earth have a job like this. Your 'day at the office' means hopping on a jet where you and your crew aim for storms and fly right through them. You know before anyone else in the world what that storm is actually doing and the punch it will have when it reaches … [Read more...]
Winter Weather Trends Appearing For The Northwest
"It's always somethin'..." Do you know someone who makes that comment about situations they come across? Well, in weather it IS always somethin' with each new season. It seems to me the La Nina winter of 2010-2011 is letting us in on what that somethin' is going to be! You've probably … [Read more...]
The Power of Wind Causes Rare Temperature Spike
What happened on Wednesday December 12, 2010 in Portland reminds me of college. I would go into a two hour lecture in shorts with temperatures of 70 degrees. Then I'd come out and it was windy and 50 degrees.  Rapid temperature changes like that are rare in the Willamette Valley. But they … [Read more...]
Winter Weather – What To Expect The Rest Of Tuesday
For starters, we are wasting some perfectly good cold air right now. If we had moisture falling at this point it would be all snow. Kind of like the weather on my blog right now! But instead, the moisture is mainly going to be this evening and I think more than anything else, we're still on track … [Read more...]
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