Monthly Archives: February 2011
Overnight Snowfall
Tuesday 3/1/11 — Good morning. I mean a “really early” good morning. I am still fighting a cold that has been hanging on for the past 3 weeks. So I came downstairs to get a refill on my cough medicine and looked outside to see quite a bit of snow falling in Vancouver at 200ft […]
Saturday Snow & Cold – Round 2
4:40pm Saturday Update — The picture above was sent in from my brother who is in Sunriver, Oregon this weekend. Looks a little chilly, eh? How about those record cold overnight low temperatures this morning? Buurrrrrr!!!! Portland recorded a record low of 18F, besting the old record of 20F set in 1962. Vancouver dropped to […]
Record Cold & More Snow???
Hope you all enjoyed the snow yesterday. Now we are on to the record cold temperatures tonight. The Portland International Airport set a new coldest daytime high temperature for today (Friday). Records date back 70 years, to 1940, at this location. As of 4pm, the Portland Airport has reached no higher than 34 degrees today. […]
Snow Arrives Across Metro Area
7:35am Thursday — Good morning all. As forecasted, the snow arrived across the metro area overnight last night and into this morning. Nearly all of the schools in the Portland / Vancouver metro area are closed as of 6:00am. Here are the latest snowfall reports I have received as of 7:30am. If you have more […]
Bring On The Snow!
Wednesday Morning Update 11:15am Good morning. Check out the picture above taken by the ODOT camera in Seaside, Oregon just after 11am. Perhaps a sign of just how cold the air is that will be over us in a few hours? If they can see snow on the beaches, it will only be a matter […]
Arctic Express Looming
Hello everyone. Well, I have looked at all the latest data over the past 48 hours and it now appears increasingly likely that the Pacific Northwest will see the arrival of a very cold air mass this coming week that has the potential to set new record temperatures across many areas. Computer guidance is coming […]
A Quick Saturday “Tease”
A Quick Saturday “Tease” A quick Saturday afternoon update since my house is full of 25 women enjoying a family baby shower! Help me! 🙂 By now, most of you have seen the latest models or heard from other sources that the Pacific Northwest could be in for a BIG late season arctic blast with […]
A Quick Saturday "Tease"
A Quick Saturday “Tease” A quick Saturday afternoon update since my house is full of 25 women enjoying a family baby shower! Help me! 🙂 By now, most of you have seen the latest models or heard from other sources that the Pacific Northwest could be in for a BIG late season arctic blast with […]
Old Man Winter Returns
After nearly three weeks of dry weather marked by higher than normal snowfall levels, fog and other non-eventful weather, it looks like old man winter will be making his mark next week. Speaking of old man, my entire family has been hit with old man “flu” this past week. Yuck! Anyway, enjoy the nice weather […]
10 Day Forecast & Weather Meeting
Happy Groundhogs Day! I think it is safe to say that any groundhog around the metro area likely saw his shadow today. So, six more weeks of winter? If so, the models sure don’t agree! After a cold start this morning it looks like more sunshine is on the way today. The latest model data […]