Rod's Weather Headlines

The outlook for drier and warmer than normal weather the final two weeks of April is on track!  Current forecast models show no big rain storms through the end of the month.  In fact, total new rainfall estimates show an inch of rain through April 30th which would leave Portland under 2.00" total fo...

Our wet March weather is yet another reason to belief Portland's rainy season could be on the move from winter into spring.  A few years ago I did a comparison of recent rainfall from November through February to the spring months of March through June.  The result was a nearly equal average, meanin...

PDX ends March tied for the 2nd wettest on record with 7.52" of total rainfall.  March of 1957 also had the same amount of total precipitation.  March of 2014 was the wettest at the airport since December of 2012.  The wettest day was last Friday, the 28th, when 1.69 inches set the all-time record...

A wet weather pattern with most days seeing measurable rainfall is expected through the first full week of April.  Forecast models show high pressure ridging developing around April 10th.  Outlooks from the National Weather Service call for Portland to see above normal temperatures and below normal...

Eight 60 degree days this month and counting has spring fever in full bloom across the Rose City.  Only for now, cherry blossoms are stealing the show.    The official start of the spring season will take place Thursday March 20, at 9:57 a.m.  local time.   The Vernal Equinox marks the day on...

Today's sun breaks will likely be the kick-off to a stretch of warm, mostly dry spring-like days for much of the Northwest.  The 7day forecast shows mostly dry weather this week, Tuesday through Sunday.  In fact, current forecast models show zero strong storm fronts through March 21st.  The...

Sunday night's storm met the challenge of being the strongest in a series of February weather fronts to pass Portland.  The photo above shows high water over highway 30.  Localized flooding has been reported from the coast to the valley.  Portland saw nearly an inch of rain fall during the o...

Saturday afternoon update:   Metro rain totals could exceed .75" through early evening.  Rain will break into showers tonight.  Total rainfall Sunday - Monday noon:  1.25 - 1.75" possible Tuesday:  Rainfall may exceed .50".    The threat of heavy rainfall will end Tuesday evening.  The forecast t...

Six days of Arctic air triggered more than 2 feet of new snowfall on Mt. Hood.  Both Mt. Hood Meadows and Timberline resorts report 26 inches of new snow.  Low snow levels also helped Mt. Hood Skibowl build a two feet base over the resort's front slope.  The Mt. Hood snowpack has grown from 40...

The Portland Airport measured 3.8 inches of snow on the ground from yesterday's storm, the most for any February since nearly 7 inches fell over the entire month back in 1993.  In fact, Thursday's snowfall becomes the first time February has picked up any measurable snowfall since 1995.  If...