Tired of the rainy season yet? Before IÂ talk about La Nina winter weather for Portland, Seattle and other northwest places based on the latest information...let's talk about fall weather in the northwest during a La Nina year. Image number one here tells us what we need to know. During a La … [Read more...]
Rare Northwest Storms Drop Inches Of Hail On The Portland-Vancouver Metro Area And Salem
After forecasting in the Willamette area for 15 years, I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen pictures like these where the hail is inches deep. It started with lightning and thunder and then the hail just dumped from the sky. And when each of three different storms was done … [Read more...]
Funnel Cloud Spotted Over Milwaukie
It's a rare site, but April 6, 2011 was the kind of day where things like this could happen. Hail, downpours, thunder and lightning. And above the 1600 Block of McLoughlin Boulevard in Milwaukie, Oregon, Rob Tinner says he took these eerie shots of a funnel cloud. This was related to the … [Read more...]
Portland Snow: It Can Happen In April
Here's something I've noticed: every year when April hits Oregon and Washington most of us are shocked it's still rainy and gray. And we really do a double take when anyone mentions the chance for snowflakes.  Even more surprising is what the records say in my graphic here. Latest Snow … [Read more...]
Deep Avalanche On Mt. Hood; Washington Avalanche Closes Pass
We grumbled so long (and loudly) about our record breaking cold and rain during March 2011 - that the winds finally brought in Portland's first 60 degree day on March 31, the latest on record. But in the Oregon and Washington Cascades, that warm up has helped make avalanche danger as high … [Read more...]
Northwest Winter 2010 Wrap-Up, Spring 2011 Forecast
It's a classic spring photo: Maty, the dog, wearing her lei on the first day of Spring near Bend, Oregon. P-o-o-r Maty! Shannon Mendiola tweeted this photo and says she wishes Central Oregon snow would stop now that it's spring but she resigned herself to whatever comes: "it is what it is!" If … [Read more...]
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