Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
It now appears likely that Western Washington and NW Oregon will experience a series of significant winter storms from midday Thursday through Saturday evening, bringing snow, sleet, freezing rain, extremely strong east winds, and a prolonged period of subfreezing temperatures. I’ve been dying to write this post – I’ve been absolutely swamped the past several […]
Well, it happened. A truly epic late-season snowstorm walloped the Southern Willamette Valley Sunday night and Monday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people and bringing over a foot of snow to Eugene and over twice that to Bend. Even Portland saw flurries for much of the day, with locations above 500 feet […]
Snow is in the forecast once again, and this time, Portland should get more than an inch. But before I dive into the snow potential this weekend, let me first touch on the surprise snow that Portland saw Monday night/Tuesday morning. I have to admit, I was pretty jealous when I saw the surprise snowmaggeddon […]
WOW! What was expected to be nothing more than a few scattered snow showers for Western Washington ended up being a bona-fide blizzard for the Northern Interior and a major lowland snowstorm for most locations north of Olympia. I was actually up in Seattle for the weekend doing some recording with my funk band Circular […]
We all remember the “Ides of October” windstorm on October 15, 2016. The one that sprung out of Supertyphoon Songda and was feared to be a historic Pacific Northwest windstorm that would long be remembered. Models were originally showing a major windstorm that would pack 100+ mph gusts to the coast and 80 mph winds […]
Well, I’m certainly regretting leaving Portland to come up to Seattle. Our heat in our house isn’t working, so I decided to flee up to my parents’ house in Seattle for warmth. Had I known that Portland was going to get a foot of snow Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, I definitely would have stayed! NW Oregon […]
I quote Abe Stephenson from September 23, 2009 at 9:05 P.M. “ok i think there is one question on everyone’s mind…. or maybe just mine. snow?!?!?!?!?” I quote this becuase this weather forecast has kind of given me an insight into what it must be like if you don’t really know what weather is coming, […]
