Rod's Weather Headlines

Likely Thursday snow in Salem of 3-6", starting in the morning & falling through the day. Portland will see increasing afternoon snow into early evening. East winds may dry the air, producing only a trace or dusting in parts of the metro area. However, if 1-4" fall, the Portland evening commute w...

Arctic are will slowly arrive Tuesday and bring gusty east winds with cold air through Saturday & possibly Sunday.  Coldest low temperatures will be near 10 degrees in out-lying areas Thursday and Friday mornings.  East winds gusting to 50 mph near the gorge and 12-30 throughout the valley will prod...

Arctic air is set to begin arriving Monday, across the Rockies and upper Midwest.  Forecast models show the coldest air since early December spilling into western Washington and Oregon.  The Celsius temperature contour map above shows air temperatures at 5,000 feet next Tuesday.  If correct,...

The weekend storm brings the first heavy moisture to our area since December 1st.  Ski resorts are celebrating a solid base of snow on Mt. Hood after more than two feet of fresh powder fell Saturday and Sunday.  Timberline Lodge reports a base of 63 inches and Meadows has 54 inches on the gr...

Only one day, December 1st, has seen more than .50 inches of rain since a record setting storm dumped more than 3.00 inches at PDX the last three days of September.   A strong cold front set to arrive before the daylight hours of Saturday shows promise of bringing needed heavy rainfall of an...

The numbers for December,  the calendar year of 2013 and the Mt. Hood snow pack are no where close to normal and leave our region on the dry end of the stick.  Portland's 2013 precipitation was 26.72 inches, more than 9 inches below normal and the 5th driest year at PDX since records began b...

The dry start to our water year is most noticeable on Mt. Hood where Mt. Hood Meadows and Timberline have barely enough snow to operate the lifts.  The two resorts report 20-30 inches of mostly old, crunchy snow on the ground.  Mt. Hood Skibowl, which sits at a lower elevation has less than...

Portland (PDX) has received just 5.27 inches of total precipitation since the start of the water year, back on October 1st.  The total is an unforeseen 5.98 inches below normal or only 47 percent of the 11.25 inches that would be considered average.  Here at the monthly totals for Portland fo...

Another cold morning with temperatures across much of the Portland - Salem metro area in the low to mid 20s.  Increasing cloud cover and cold east winds blowing out of the gorge will make it difficult for spotty areas to warm above freezing as rain arrives around the noon hour.   Be sure and...

Light snow showers Monday overnight - early Tuesday morning, developed a fresh dusting of snow for much of the Portland metro area. Very little total precipitation is expected Tuesday - Thursday morning, however any showers that form could bring icy travel problems. Most hours through the period wil...