The February 2011 blizzard closed twenty-five interstates. It impacted about 100 million people. And it was Chicago's third biggest blizzard on record. More than 20" of snow fell there. Even places with less snow had big drifts. My cousin Shelley took this picture of the storm … [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...]
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...]
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