Monthly Archives: February 2012
No Snow Tuesday, But Wednesday Looks…
Updated 11:20pm Monday I had a nice birthday dinner with my extended family tonight and arrived home to “some” local TV stations and “some” print media outlets getting ready for “storm team coverage.” Other private and public forecasters were also calling for snow to sea level right in time for the evening commute Tuesday. A […]
ANOTHER SNOW EVENT TUESDAY?
Many residents from Salem, Oregon north to Vancouver, Washington woke up to snow in the air Saturday morning and continuing throughout the day Saturday. My thoughts from earlier in the week pretty much played out as forecast. Actually, the snow fell a bit lower than I was thinking, with snow sticking down to about 900ft […]
UPDATE – LOW ELEVATION SNOW THIS WEEKEND?
FRIDAY 2:05PM UPDATE — Just a quick Friday afternoon update to pass along. This morning’s models all came in a bit colder and a bit wetter than yesterday’s did. So, what does this mean for the rest of us??? Looks like there could be snow flakes in the air down to just about ANY elevation […]
For The Love of Weather & Van Halen
I write a lot about the weather. It is something that I am very passionate about. I have spent more than 25 years studying Pacific NW weather and now I get to share my passion with all of you. But let’s forget about weather for just a moment. Instead, I would like to take you […]
Dissapointing Winters Lately? I Say No!
I keep hearing people (mostly weather friends who have high standards for snow) talking about how “winter after winter is simply horrible” when it comes to snow in Seattle and Portland as of late. So, I thought I would toss out a quick retort. Let’s remove any climate change / global warming signals from the […]
Great AMS Meeting Lineup Announced
After coming off of the single largest Oregon AMS meeting in its 65 year history in January, the Oregon AMS is proud to announce that its February, March and April meetings have been set! There is also an exciting (yet still tentative) meeting planned for May that could end up being a great “double-header.” The […]
Early Spring or Big Tease?
Hope everyone is having a great Friday! Just a short post here as the weather looks really boring for winter. But some of you may love it! Looking at the latest forecast models I would say that we are in for one of the best weekends since last fall. Looks like the weather will be […]