Rod's Weather Headlines

  On Tuesday, November 8 at 3:28 PST, Asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass by Earth at just some 202,000 miles.  Unfortunately, viewers in the Pacific Northwest will not be able to see the flyby of the asteroid as it occurs during daylight.  The 1,200 feet wide visitor is traveling at 30,000 mph and poses...

Do you remember how October began?  The first 14 days of the month had at least a trace of rain and most days were simply wet.  Since that time, only one day as been on the wet side.  Well, that is about to change! Forecast charts have been very consistent in showing a long stretch of mostly wet da...

This past Saturday's daily record for the high-low temperature of 58 degrees, got me looking at just how warm this October's low temperatures have been.  The month begins with a normal low of 48 degrees and currently, the seasonal norm is 45 degrees.  To date, all but five mornings at PDX have had l...

Just for fun & interest, here is a brief comparison of the summer months of July - September, last year verses 2011.  I decided not to include June, because June of 2010 was so chilly and record wet, it would have blown the doors off of any comparison! High temperature average, July - Sept. 2010:  ...

The 2010-2011 water year ended Sept. 30th.  Portland's precipitation total of 44.74" was the wettest since 1998-1999.  The total of 40.00" or more, ends the longest streak of less than 40.00" water years since records began back in 1870.  I personally use 40.00" as the bookmark of what is considered...

October starts the process of wondering about winter.  All outlooks continue to call for a wetter than normal October and wet months on average through December.  In fact precipitation outlooks call for mostly wet months through March!  Temperature outlooks show less confidence but are leaning towar...

All information courtesy of Jim Todd: The latest information shows UARS will pass over Portland at 9:17 pm tonight, moving from WSW to NE with maximum altitude of 60 degrees NNW.  The brightness will be about -1.2 magnitude which will be fairly easy to see.  It will appear as a bright 'star' lastin...

Autumnal Equinox – Friday, September 23   Fall officially begins with the autumnal equinox, which takes place on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 2:05 am PDT).  At that point the Sun is directly above the Earth’s equator, and the significance of this is that every point on Earth will, for one day, ex...

Now that our hot September streak has ended, you may be wondering what the coming weeks will bring. Forecast models are showing a number of days with afternoon sun and highs in the 70s to near 80 as September continues and ends.  This month has a likely chance of ending with above normal temperatur...

Don't let our current cool spell discourage you, warm sunny days will return Labor Day weekend!  Extended forecast charts show above normal temperatures the first 10 days of September, along with mostly dry weather.  There are indications of a wet, cool October and start to November.   Remember, th...