Rod's Weather Headlines

Below are my thoughts enclosed in an email I sent to a viewer that wanted my opinion on the subject. Here are my brief thoughts on global warming:1.   Is the planet in a warm cycle - yes      Just because we are currently off of the peaks of a few years back, does not mean the warm cycle is over....

The low of 32 degrees Monday morning is the first freezing temperature at PDX since December 30th!  Salem also hit 32 degrees and Troutdale reached 29 degrees.  You can see more low temperatures under the Climate Link on the login page or by selecting your city on the metro current temperature map o...

The big weather story this coming week is the promise of rain most hours Thursday and Friday, potential high winds at the coast through the stretch and a foot of snow or more in the Cascades.  Just what the doctor ordered!  The snowpack on Mt. Hood was measured at 67% of normal back in January.  Lot...

January 2010 goes into the record book as the third warmest for the Rose City.  Portland had a mean temperature of 45.0 degrees.  (5.1 degrees above normal)  The average low temperature of 40.5 degrees was also the third warmest.  (6.3 degrees above normal)  Interesting that the month did not see an...

A strong El Nino with equatorial water temperatures as warm as 5 degrees (F) above normal will continue into early spring.  The National Weather Service outlook for the Northwest calls for mild temperatures and below normal precipitation February and March.  Forecast models show a jet stream track m...

The barometric pressure Thursday at PDX dropped to 28.90" of mercury.  This is the 6th lowest in the record books.  The lowest recorded pressure is 28.56" back in 1880.  Medford as seen their lowest pressure this week in recorded history!  The 500 mb heights continue to be very low - near 520.  This...

I want to give you an update that much colder weather is beginning to show up for the last 10 days of January.  The snow level has been really high most days for several weeks.  In fact, most ski resorts have lower base amounts than four weeks ago!   So, the news of possible lowering snow levels dow...

Looks like the metro area will escape any freezing rain and see plain old liquid sunshine develop Friday.  If you are  traveling up to Mt. Hood the forecast calls for mostly freezing rain at times Friday, mainly above 1,500 feet and up over the passes.  It is not clear if pass temperatures will warm...

Lots of weather developing in the coming days.  The gorge will likely see snow and or ice Wednesday.  Cold air dropping across the upper Midwest and plains states will spill to the west and ignite strong east gorge winds Wednesday and Thursday.  Wind gusts in the west gorge may reach 50 mph or highe...

Let me start by saying, the forecast issued last night for today called for rain - not snow.  I have worked here in Portland for 10 years and each year, usually Salem and or Forest Grove get a surprise snowstorm, matching what happened to day across the entire metro areas.  A simple Pacific front  p...