Snow. Really?

I went to bed Sunday night (10 April) with the knowledge that some sort of “snow flurries” was in the forecast. While I’ve definitely seen the “snow” symbol for forecasts as late as mid-April, I’ve never actually seen the snow, at least at sea level. (Higher elevations can get snow well into May.) So I…

The “snow” week, 26-31 Dec 2021

It’s winter, and we saw a bit of snow here in Portland. It really wasn’t much of anything, especially in comparison to the goodly amounts that happened to the north–Seattle and Vancouver really got socked. Basically the precipitation wasn’t that much and it was too warm. We’d see some snow fall overnight, anywhere from a…

The snow week, plus snow photography

Last time I checked in with you fine folks we had our only true Winter Storm of the season, a few days of snow and ice, followed by freezing rain. The city shut down. Trees toppled, power went out for many. On Monday January 15th, the Great Thaw commenced. Icy precipitation stopped and temps stayed…

A Portland Snow Event, 11-15 Feb 2021

Why yes, it was just last week when I was talking about how I enjoy Portland’s temperate winters. OnRhodes correctly surmised that I was “jinxing” things by talking about it. And jinx I did: We’ve had a significant winter weather event over the weekend. While snow in Portland isn’t uncommon during winter, most of it…

The surprise end-of-season snow: 13-15 March 2020

To add to these weird times: a late season snowfall! The forecast had been calling for cooler temps and a chance of snow at higher elevations all week. But higher elevations than where my humble North Tabor home sits. So it was a surprise to see some snow mixed in with rain on Friday March…

The kale, er, “snowpocalypse” a few days in.

Yes, folks, you heard the news: It has snowed in Portland. But our fair city was ready, as shoppers cleaned the supermarkets of kale on Friday. I actually was shopping on that tragic day, and did bear witness to the eviscerated dairy case at the Hollywood Trader Joes. Anyways, snow and Portland don’t go well…

The unexpected late season snow

Portland’s snows are usually not big, and not frequent. We had snow around Christmas that lingered for a couple days. Since then, we hadn’t seen snow, and temps got pretty mild, even scraping 60F/16C. But this last week, it got cold, and the unlikely happened: it snowed again. In the past seventeen years here, the…

Snow, begone.

Ugh. As I write this on Sunday, the snow from our surprise (and surprisingly epic) snowstorm on Tuesday night is still around. Things were supposed to start thawing on Saturday, but that hasn’t happened, since the temps are still at or below freezing. We’re looking at The Great Thaw starting on Tuesday, when daytime highs…