Rod's Weather Headlines

Several areas of strong thunderstorms developed Saturday.  The afternoon Clark county storms produced radar estimates of .50" hail near Battle Ground and 40 mph wind gusts.  The strongest storms near Pendleton caused 70 mph wind gusts and hail the size of quarters!  At one point, the storms were pro...

The low pressure center I have been tracking moved more slowly than I anticipated and also pushed a little farther inland.  The result was severe afternoon thunderstorms at the central coast and high damaging south winds here in the valley.  South wind gusts Monday afternoon and early evening reache...

The last seven days have seen more than 40" of snow on Mt. Hood above 5,000 feet, making the period the snowiest seven day stretch of the entire winter season!  Skibowl reported a Saturday morning base of 63" of snow.  A couple of weeks back, the resort had not reached more than 30" most of the wint...

Easter weekend begins with a wet and stormy Friday.  The cold front will arrive Friday morning.  The coast will likely see high winds Thursday overnight and Friday morning, peak wind gusts may reach 65 mph.  The valley will see possible spotty wind gusts Friday morning near 50 mph.  Any 50 mph wind...

UPDATED SUNDAY 8:30 p.m.  A STRONG PACIFIC FRONT AND JET STREAM CORE TO ENTER OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING.  All computer models are showing a strong jet core centering into the Northwest.  High winds at the coast are looking likely early Monday.  Peak wind gust near the headlands may reach bet...

All wind warnings have been canceled for the coast as of 8:00 a.m. Monday morning.  The cold front will clear the Portland and Salem metro areas around mid-morning.  Once the front passes, the heaviest rain rates will end and the strongest winds will also wind down.  The front will hit the Cascades...

NORTHERN LIGHTS: Arctic sky watchers are waiting for the CME to hit. A coronal mass ejection that left the sun on March 14th should deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field sometime today. NOAA forecasters estimate a 30% chance of geomagnetic activity when the cloud arrives.   There is...

Saturday, March 20 is the vernal equinox.  Spring will begin PDT at 10:34 a.m., this is the day on which both the north and south pole of the earth are equal distances towards the sun (92.6 million miles).  The word vernal means green and equinox means equal night.  The spring season will begin...

Thursday through Saturday saw Mt. Hood resorts, including Skibowl receive an average of 20" of snow!  The dumping pushes the base at Skibowl over 40" for what I believe to be the first time this winter season.  The water content of the snow is believed to be 2 inches.  Great news, but the snowpack i...

Seems like weeks ago that I began talking about cold air gathering in the gulf of Alaska.  The big deal was that such an occurrence has been rare this winter.  Finally computer models agree that colder air will move inland behind a Sunday cold front.  I am talking about snow levels dropping to 2,000...