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|By Mark Nelsen
Portland has only seen about 1/4" of rain in 3 months! But we should get that much rain in just the next 2 days
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Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 8:47 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
It IS unusual for a soaking rain to hold off until late September, but it isn't unheard of!
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Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 9:14 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
We made it through an extreme fire danger period with no huge new blazes in our viewing area...but how unusual was it and what's ahead?
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Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 10:34 AM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Power shutoffs have begun in parts of NW Oregon this morning as a dry and gusty easterly wind arrives. The latest forecast information in the weather blog this morning
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 9:35 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
A dry and hot easterly wind leads to extreme fire danger west of the Cascades late this week. Mark has all the latest in his weather blog
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 7:14 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
We hit 100 degrees in Portland today. Cooler weather is ahead, but still warmer than normal as we head into early September
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 9:44 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Lots to talk about in this evening's weather blog. Fire season looking good so far, but so much hot August weather!
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 9:48 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Our very warm August rolls on, and there's no sign of cool weather ahead
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 11:00 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
A less intense and shorter duration heat wave is on the way for this weekend
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 9:04 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
A wrap-up of our historic heatwave
7 Day Forecast
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 10:36 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Heatwave ahead! All the details in tonight's weather blog post
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 8:54 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
After two hot days, we're cooling down through Saturday, but then the heat is on early next week!
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 9:31 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
It's been a nice July so far...a bit hot briefly, then cooler. It's been good for a slow fire season start...so far
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 7:58 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Some would say the weather has been perfect this week once the heat went away. Now a cooldown is ahead for the holiday weekend
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 9:23 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
A heatwave begins Saturday in western Oregon and southwest Washington. Heat even reaches the coastline for one day!
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 9:54 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Our yearly summer dry spell has arrived. No significant rain is in sight other than a shower or drizzle at some point NEXT week. And our first heat wave of the season is on the way too.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 8:39 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Portland's Rose Festival endured some of the wettest late May and early June weather we've seen. A weather wrap of the festival this year
Updated: Jun. 13, 2022 at 7:14 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
It was a 3rd consecutive wet weekend across the region as Portland picked up more rain than we typically see in ALL of June.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 9:33 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
It's going to be a wet weekend across the region, but some places will be much drier than others! And the biggest question answered..."Is any dry summer weather on the horizon?"
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 9:38 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Spring 2022 is in the record books weather-wise. Hard to believe with all the rain and cool temps, but it HAS been colder and wetter in the past
Updated: May. 30, 2022 at 6:13 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
A flood in late May...5 miles from downtown Portland? It happened 74 years ago today. Mark takes a look back in today's blog post
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 7:09 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Last year's Memorial Day Weekend was a "scorcher" with temperatures into the 80s each day. It'll be MUCH different this year, more like a typical "start to summer" in the region. Showers incoming!
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 7:21 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Some of you have been asking (for good reason!)...How can we be in drought with so much rain? Well, it depends who is asking!
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 9:32 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
The last month has been one of the coldest mid-spring periods we've seen in Portland. What's ahead in Mark's weather blog this evening.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 9:54 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Springs have been getting a bit wetter over the last few decades, but it's been a negligible change. And we sure have a soaking ahead later this week!
Updated: Apr. 30, 2022 at 9:23 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
You've just lived through Portland's wettest April on record. All the numbers, plus a tornado may have touched down in Tigard this evening...maybe
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 9:33 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Spring 2022 started relatively mild and drier than average. But that has changed dramatically over the past 10 days. After 4 dry-ish springs, the rain is back!
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 9:55 AM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
A historic (by April standards) snowstorm brought the latest ever snowfall across the Portland metro area Monday April 11th
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 9:31 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
The only deadly Pacific Northwest tornado on record dropped down into Vancouver on this date in 1972.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 9:23 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Lots of weather to talk about since I last posted 10 days ago. A peek into early April is included
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 9:36 PM PDT
|By Mark Nelsen
Here we are in the last two weeks of March and the forecast looks very much like...spring! Winter is in the rear-view mirror I suppose; we haven’t seen chilly weather in 3 weeks, and today was another warmer than average day
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 9:49 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
Lots of sunshine Friday, but then a very wet weather pattern arrives for mid-March!
Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 7:07 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
Winter is "over" west of the Cascades. What that means, and what we could still see in March.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 7:27 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
Tonight will likely be the coldest night of winter for many of us. And I see one last chance for snow (flurries) later this week
Updated: Feb. 20, 2022 at 6:47 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
Get ready for the coldest air we've felt since Christmas Break! Luckily it won't stick around long and no, you probably won't be sledding this week
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 9:26 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
It's been a very dry February, and in our climate one would think it may turn very wet in March. But that may not be the case this year
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 7:01 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
Today was the warmest February day in 27 years in Portland, but a few spots still couldn't get out of the fog
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 9:40 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
After 8 months we now know EXACTLY hot how it got in the Pacific Northwest last summer. 120 in Washington and 119 in Oregon
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 8:27 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
It's been a very dry February so far and we've got a warm weekend ahead. The latest on Mark's weather blog this evening
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 9:38 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
No snow again this January in the Portland metro area. But it sure seems like it's been snowier in February the past few years doesn't it? A look at the numbers, and what I see in the next 10 days or so.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 9:19 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
February is here! A look at what we typically see this month
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 8:55 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
After a busy couple of weeks over the Christmas and New Year's holiday, our weather pattern has slowed down
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 7:43 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
Snowpack was great a month ago, but now a downturn as we head towards February
Updated: Jan. 17, 2022 at 9:41 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
It's been several years since we've seen significant snow in January, and none is in sight through at least the last few days of the month
Updated: Jan. 7, 2022 at 7:58 PM PST
|By Mark Nelsen
It's finally drying out, but plenty of big rain numbers the past few days