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Author (#241)November 2007 ArchivesGet ready everybody, this going to be a weekend I think were going to remember here in the Pacific Northwest. Not one but two weather events will hit the region in the next 72 hours. Cold continues to leak out of the Columbia River Gorge and through the Cascades. A low pressure area will develop off the coast tonight and bring snow down to the valley floor Saturday.
So Here I go. Walking out on a limb, and right now it feels real skinny! I've spent the morning pouring over satellite images, computer models upper air soundings and even pilot reports! So now I have to commit-- maybe I should be committed! It looks like Portland, Western Oregon & Southwest Washington are going to flirt with some low elevation snow.
Oh how do I love Thanksgiving. Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and pumpkin pie. Two pieces of pie, with whipped cream! Oh how I hate Thanksgiving, the potatoes, gravy and pie equal up to 5000 calories! YIKES! It'll take me days to work that off ! I started working off my Thanksgiving holiday meal bright and early this morning. My routine for burning the calories--an upper body work out. Brisk waving excersices worked best. I even mul... The rush has already started. Airports are getting crowded, Highway speeds are slowing and train stations are becoming packed. It's the annual Thanksgving travel migration, everybody seems to be going somewhere over the next few days. The good news is that weather is not going to play a factor if you travel remains confined to the Pacific Northwest.
by Dave Salesky Freshies in the Cascades! All that rain over the weekend, over 1.32" Saturday and Sunday has brought a lot of snow the the Cascades. Almost a foot and a half at Timberline Lodge, and nearly as much at Mt. Hood Meadows. All of the Cascade Moutain passes are covered with snow today.
A whole lot of rain is on the way for Portland and much of the rest of the area this weekend. Rain arrived last night and probably won't stop until late Sunday. A cold front is stalling out over just east of the Cascades. With the front stalled out we're going to see waves of precipitation arrive off the coast. Our futurecast computer model which is based on the National Weather Services (NWS) North American Model (NAM) is predictin... This morning our newsroom was a buzz about the 7.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Chile and Argentina. A tremor that size can cause a lot of damage and injury. A quake that close to the coast can also generate a big tsunami wave! Briefly a tsunami warning was issued for Chile, Argentina even Hawaii! Along the Oregon and Washington Coast a tsunami advisory was issued. Below is a map showing travel times for tsunami waves across... Just when I was starting to worry about when and if the usual November weather would arrive, Mother Nature comes through. Boy Oh Boy has she come through. Since early this morning wind gusts on the coast have been hitting 60 plus miles an hour. Peak gusts from this storm have topped 80mph!
A high wind warning will ... The storm door is open, and I don't mean the one on the back porch! A ridge of high pressure that has kept Oregon and Washington closed and locked out of our normal November rains has been broken down. A series of weather systems are now lined up poised to march over the region.
The storms will bring progressively cooler and... That's what Michael Convery, our traffic guy was telling everybody Tuesday morning. Dense fog formed early in the morning and brought the comute to a snails pace. Visibility by mid morning was down to less than 200 feet near the Columbia River. Portland and Vancouver were not the only areas affected. Take a look at the satellite image below, fog formed up and down the length of the Willamette Valley.
Famed Portland, retailer Tom Peterson, used to knock on your TV screen and shout, " HEY WAKE UP! WAKE UP. " Tuesday I'll be saying the samething. Wake Up Everbody, Wake Up! Not for a sale at Tom & Gloria's store, but for something I think even better! The International Space Station and Space Shuttle will pass directly over Portland, early Tuesday morning. In Central & Eastern Oregon the view will be spectacular. Locally if fog ... |
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