Weather, Climate, and Other Science Topics
It was toasty this Memorial Day weekend! Portland hit 82 on Saturday, 84 on Sunday, and 88 today, According to chief KPTV meteorologist Mark Nelsen, this was the warmest Memorial Day weekend by average high temperature since 1992, which had an average high of 86 degrees over the three days and a peak of 93 […]
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 6:38 pm On Good Friday, Mary 27, 1964, Southeast Alaska was rattled by a 9.2 magnitude earthquake with a hypocenter some 15 miles below Prince William Sound. The damage throughout the region was simply astounding. 4th Avenue in Anchorage was absolutely destroyed by the quake, but a couple buildings on the […]
Friday, August 9, 2013 3:20 P.M. In many parts of the country, air conditioning is necessary during the summer months. Even in places with high and low temperatures similar to us (usually places that are close to the Canadian border, such as International Falls, Minnesota and Portland, Maine) generally have higher relative humidities. And Chicago? […]
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:52 P.M. October is the foggiest time of year for the Puget Sound region, and we talked about fog today in my Atmospheric Sciences 101 class with Cliff Mass. I am still amazed by how many specific types of fog there are. We talked about radiation fog, advection fog, upslope fog, […]
