I think the craziest weather of 2014 award has to go to Sunriver--which had an incredible summer hailstorm that made it look like it had snowed! The temperature there also dropped more than 20 degrees in just a few minutes thanks to the thunderstorm. But west of the mountains the weather in Oregon … [Read more...]
Record High Pressure Over Oregon And Washington, Explained
My sinuses are hurting me as I write this. And I do not even have the nasty cold that is going around. And if you do, wow, your head must really be hurting worse today. That would be because of the record high pressure recorded in Portland (and elsewhere in the northwest) essentially … [Read more...]
Flood Potential: Live Blog Weekend Of December 20-21
Rain totals keep adding up as a huge atmospheric river event unfolds right over northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. It looks like we should avoid major flooding most places thanks to something that's really hurt business in the mountains: a lack of snow. If we were melting snow into the … [Read more...]
Top 10 Weather Books To Give As A Gift
The truth is, I've been meaning to write this blog post for years. Because every December people start asking me for ideas on unique things they can buy for someone in their family who loves talking about, hearing about or learning about weather. With the number of days until Christmas nearly … [Read more...]
Portland’s Most Powerful Wind Gusts Since 1981
Thursday December 11, 2014 started off innocently enough. If you were in the Willamette Valley or southwest Washington you might have even  commented on how still the morning was. "You think this wind is still coming today?," someone asked me as I was dropping the kids off at school. Also at the … [Read more...]
A Month Of Extremes For Oregon And Washington: November 2014
Our ride on this November's  "weather roller coaster" is officially back at the boarding gates. We can get off now. But what a ride it was. It even included a real snowball landing right in the KIRO7 Weather Center! It will be the cold snaps we remember most, I believe. This picture … [Read more...]
Unprecedented Buffalo Snow Moves NFL Game, Means Free Tickets!
People who live in Buffalo, New York know snow better than most. They average more than 80 inches a year and often top 100 inches of snow. But what happened during the second week of November 2014 was something that many are calling an unprecendent lake effect snowfall event. And it buried … [Read more...]
Really Last Minute Thursday Snow Forecast – updated
Morning update: storm warning downgraded to Winter Weather Advisory for metro area. So, we know now that the old ‘wintry mix’ won out and kids of all ages lost out on a day to play in the snow! Even though most kids are out of school, the issues today will now center around areas of sleet … [Read more...]
I Love Meeting Our Veterans
On this Veterans Day 2014, I say thank you to those who have served and to our military families who have given so much. And what a treat to meet Air Force veteran Kenneth this week when my wife and I took the kids to the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.If you've never … [Read more...]
Will It Snow In Portland This Week?
Is it true? Will it snow this second week of November 2014 in the Portland-Vancouver metro area? I'm already getting that question on Facebook! This image from a forecast model (the Sunday 12z GFS) shows where it will allegedly be snowing this Thursday at 4a.m. It paints snow right over the … [Read more...]
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