While PGE crews worked around the clock in Oregon City to restore power to thousands of customers still powerless after Monday's powerful storm, more intense downpours hit the Portland - Vancouver metro area with 40mph gusts, rain and hail. It's days like these where I just love our 3-D Doppler … [Read more...]
Powerful November Storm Matches Winds From Category 3 Hurricane
Check out these peak gusts along the Oregon and Washington Coasts. The top gusts are the same force as winds you'd see in a major category 3 hurricane. No wonder we had so much damage and so much power out on Monday November 19, 2012. Peak gusts in the Willamette Valley topped out at 51mph in … [Read more...]
Funnel Cloud, Heavy Hail Hit Oregon Coast & Willamette Valley
They caught more than fish, Friday, on board the boat called the "Ruby Sea" . They also caught this photo taken from the Columbia River of a thunderstorm that created a funnel cloud. This funnel cloud was over land and also reported by a number of eye witnesses in the Costco parking lot in … [Read more...]
Records Fall From November Heat, Big Cool Down Ahead
I actually saw people wearing shorts on Sunday November 4, 2012. And for once...it was a good call to wear them! The warm and humid air streaming in from the southwest boosted highs in the metro area into the upper 60s even with just occasional sun breaks. But where the sun really came … [Read more...]
Portland Has An Incredibly Wet October, Now A Drier November?
We know how October works, right? We start warm in Portland. And we end up all wet. But rarely do we get this wet--6.14" of rain, 205% of average! All that and not even in the top 5 wettest Octobers. Oh well, maybe next time. Also, just for fun, I asked KOIN Local 6 Weather Intern Jeff to … [Read more...]
Hurricane Sandy, By The Numbers
Flood water from Hurricane Sandy storm surge pours into a New Jersey Path (subway) station in Hoboken, NJ. It looks like something I saw just last week on the Universal Studios tour. But this is for real. And today, Tuesday October 30, 2012, is when we see much more of the damage that's been … [Read more...]
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