Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
According to a 2005 Gallup poll, Americans think November is the 8th best month of the year. November has a few things going for it; the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, increasingly competitive football games, not-shaving – but it seems most Americans believe these attributes are overshadowed by how dark, cold, and depressing the month is […]
We had the best Halloween weather in 95 years and stunning weather today, and Monday will be another beautiful day with only a few high clouds increasing late in the day. But by Tuesday morning, the first of several systems this week will bring rain to the area, and on Friday, we’ll see a shift […]
Two Sundays ago, I proudly proclaimed that Juneuary would end on the 17th. But taking a look at the webcam from Timberline Lodge this morning, that appears to have been a premature call! Just another example of why you can’t give much weight to any forecasts more than 2 weeks in advance. And don’t even […]
I hate to do this, but I’m going to start off this blog on a preachy note. I think most people get the severity of the coronavirus situation by now, but to those who don’t – I also didn’t grasp the severity until this past week. I saw the death toll skyrocketing in Italy and […]
Early spring is upon us! I went hiking on Friday in Forest Park with fellow WeatherTogether blogger (and music buddy… he’s a great sax/french horn player!) Karl Bonner ahead of the cold front that swept through later that evening, and we had a great time looking at the budding flora, most of which had not […]
Tuesday began clear for most of the Willamette Valley, but folks in downtown Portland and Vancouver had to wait until 10-11 am to break out of the clouds. The 10:00 am visible satellite image below shows how isolated this fog was to downtown Portland. Thankfully, those areas of patchy fog burned off by 11-11:30, and […]
I went snowshoeing up at Mirror Lake on Saturday, and I can confirm that there is a TON of snow up there! Honestly, it’s shocking that we have as much snow as we do in the 3000-5000′ range of the Southern Washington/Northern Oregon Cascades. According to Mark Nelsen’s most recent blog post, the December 1st […]
I’m currently in Boston for the 100th annual American Meteorological Society conference, and let me tell ya; snow was the very last thing on my mind today. We hit an astonishing 70o degrees today, absolutely smashing the previous daily record of 62. This was only the third time since 1872 that Boston hit 70 in January. But […]
Beginning late last week, the GFS (American) model began showing a transition to much colder weather for early-mid January. However, the normally-superior ECMWF (European) model did not, and given how far in advance the forecast was, it was a bit premature to throw the “s” word around. After all, we’ve seen the disastrous repercussions of […]
So far this year, I’ve only got one day of skiing in, and I count myself lucky to even have that! I went with some weather colleagues up to Mt. Hood Meadows a few Saturdays back, and the amount of snow cover there was downright depressing. On the other hand, if I can get up […]
