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December 2005 ArchivesJust thougt I'd share this little poem with you. Mark Moore wrote it. He's a forecaster with the Northwest Avalanche Center. I think the poem really tells the story about weather in the Cascades through the end of the year. As more people venture into the backcountry of the Cascades, avalanche incidents are increasing, so it's always wise to make sure you know the forecast and what it means before you head out into the snow. Earlier this month... What a wild week! Weatherwise we've gone from one extreme to the other. Icy and cold to wet and warm. I don't know about you but the wacky weather slowed down my holiday shopping. I've always been a last minute shopper, but now I'm really behind! Is it poor form to give gifts to loved ones unwrapped? Oh well at least daughter Karen & I managed to get the tree up. Now if I can just find a way to keep the outside lights from shorting out eve... Glad that's over with! The transition from snow and ice was a bit messy but didn't take as long as I Compared to the past couple of weeks it's going to feel like the tropics. Temperatures will be heading for the upper 40's this week. Christmas day might ... After days, no make that weeks our cold & dry weather pattern may come to an end soon. The problem Yes it's true UFO's Unidentified Flying Objects have been reported over the Portland Metro Area! Authorities Oh ya, did I mention the east winds are back! After almost a 48 hour break the winds are howling again. From C... 3 hours early Saturday, morning did more to put me in the holiday spirit and renew my faith in humanity than anything else this year. Let me explain Saturday I was scheduled to work the early shift for our KGW Great Toy Drive. It was a cold, dark & windy morning. The temperature in the 20's with the wind at 25-30mph windchills were in the teens. Driving to East Port Plaza my plan was to help set up the collection site, and possibly collect ... The Geminid Meteor Shower will hits its peak this week, sending streaks of light across our northwest skies. But, because of a nearly full moon, there's one specific time that will be the best for seeing this annual shower. Tuesday December 13th The moon will be down at that point and the sky will be dark, other than city lights. For a gallery of Geminid Meteors, including cool sh... "The temperature is freezing at my house right now...so how can the freezing level be higher than Mt. Hood? That doesn't make sense." Maybe you asked that question during my forecast tonight. Some cities in the Willamette Valley were already freezing by 6:30p.m., yet I gave the freezing level as 11,500 feet. What gives? Well, the elevation we give for the freezing level is actually the free air free... Ok the skies are blue the winds, (at least today) are light and all is quiet in the weather world. So why is it that I just can't shake this worried feeling. Like when will the other shoe drop. I keep worrying that the longer we have this cold dry weather the rougher the transition out is going to be. I call this cold soaking. Temperatures at night are into the low 30's and 20's. High's are upper 30's and low 40's. On the eastside... It's cold & windy but at least we don't have to break out the shovels & snow blowers. The picture below is Rick Jacobs, cabin near La Pine. Rick works here at the big 8ski. We call his cabin the Central Oregon Bureau. As you can see the bureau needs to be dug out. Much of the state east of the Cascades looks like this. Pretty as a Norman Rockwell painting. It's also keeping a lot of home owners busy clearing roofs and driveways. The Snow cover... To parapharse Hanibal Smith from the A Team, " I love it when a forecast comes together." No snow or even mixed precipitation, just clouds and very cold east winds from the gorge. What moisture we have is staying in the sky as clouds. Speaking of the winds no amount of goo or spray will keep your hair in place today. Trust me I know some folks around here who know all the secrets of keeping hair looking like well, TV anchorman's hair i... I admit it I'm a little gun shy. Here we go again. Cold air is pouring out of the Columbia River Gorge. A storm of the coast is headed our way. But wait this time there's a twist! I think a lot of the punch from the storm will weaken, most of what's left slides south. Hello Siskiyous. What moisture makes it to our area will be limited. Maybe some rain showers. Areas affected by the cold flow out of the gorge might see some ra... Ouch. That one hurt. Apologies to all for my forecast yesterday for snow today that never happened. And thanks for the interesting voicemails and emails. One voicemailer wondered if I had stock in Les Schwab Tires. One emailer suggested I wear a bunny suit on air next time I'm wrong. Interesting idea there. For all of you wondering what was I thinking, here’s a little insight. I've seen surprise Portland snowstorms with set-ups similar to this... |
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