Rod's Weather Headlines

La Nina is finally showing signs of weakening, meaning Pacific waters are staring to warm in the equatorial area off of the coast of South America.  Projections have La Nina ending as soon as May 1st, followed by neutral conditions to begin summer.   Forecast outlooks call for March to continue coo...

A strong jet core with 155 mph winds aloft, lifting moisture over a slow crossing cold front produced record rain Monday. New daily rain total Monday for Portland:  1.66" at PDX breaks the old record of .68".  The rain total ends the month of February with 4.29", which is .11" above the monthly aver...

Here is the most amazing headline regarding snow.  Saddle Mountain, just higher than 3,000' in the Coast Range had 20" of snow on the ground a week ago and the Coast Range snowpack was 46% or normal.  Today the reporting site has 82" of snow on the ground and the Coast Range snowpack is more than 10...

If your plans call for travel in the coming days, please check weather conditions.  Storm fronts Monday, Wednesday and Saturday are expected.  A strong jet core of 150 mph will feed heavy rain and mountain snow Monday.  A vigerous low pressure center depending on it's track, could produce very stron...

Let me begin by saying, a low pressure area tracking south into our region early Thursday morning does have the potential to dump 1-2" of widespread snow at all elevations.  If that does not happen, will will simply see scattered Thursday snow showers with a trace of snow to scattered dustings and a...

Here is the National Weather Service snow report.  As of 11:00 this morning, 1" of snow will go in the record book for Portland.  Metro reports averaged 2", with 1-3" across the region.  Areas of elevation received 4" or more in many locations.  SANTIAM PASS,OR............18.0 TIMBER...

Forecast update Wednesday 8:00 a.m.   Wednesday:  Rain, snow mix with above freezing temperatures at sea level. (It is possible most of the precipitation in the air will be snow).  Possible snow accumulations begin at 500 feet.  The west hills and elevations near 1,000 feet could see 4" of snow.  ...

With the talk of snow and up to 4" in the city of Portland this Thursday (if the forecast holds), here are a few snow facts for PDX.  Records date back to 1940: Heaviest 24 hour Feb. snowfall:  6.4" of snow, Feb. 18-19, 1993 Greatest Feb. depth:  14" on the ground, Feb. 1, 1950 Latest big snow:  ...

Many areas reported large, beautiful silver dollar size snowflakes this morning.  The large flakes are possible when the surface temperatures are near and above freezing.  This morning, temperatures around the area were mostly 31 -35 degrees when the snow was falling.  What we saw were not individua...

Active weather returns to the Northwest!  Here are the headlines I am tracking: Monday:  Rain increases ahead of the strongest front of the period.  Coast could see high winds of 60 mph develop.  Heavy snow in the Cascades develop.  Snow totals through Tuesday could reach 20 inches! Tuesday:  Much...