Weather & Climate

A hiker takes in a scenic view as springtime sunshine illuminates rushing water while it pours over the rocky cliffs of Lucia Falls. Forecasters predict the sunshine will stay around for the rest of the week with summerlike temperatures over the weekend.

Clark County officials urge caution as temperatures soar into 90s

May 12, 2023, 5:23pm Clark County News

This Mother’s Day weekend is shaping up to be one of the warmest on record, with temperatures expected to exceed 90 degrees on Saturday and Sunday. Read story

Children play in a fountain to cool off in downtown Portland, Ore., Friday, May 12, 2023. An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest and worsen wildfires already burning in western Canada, a historically temperate region that has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years.

Early heat wave in Pacific Northwest could break records

May 12, 2023, 3:53pm Latest News

An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest and worsen wildfires already burning in western Canada, a historically temperate region that has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years. Read story

Mammatus clouds hover in the sky after a severe thunderstorm warning, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Johnson County, Iowa.

No injuries reported in U.S. outbreak of small tornadoes; more storms possible

May 12, 2023, 8:51am Nation & World

Storms in parts of the southern Plains produced about two dozen small tornadoes but no reports of deaths or injuries, according to the National Weather Service, and more severe weather is possible Friday. Read story

This satellite image provided by India Meteorological Department shows storm Mocha intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm. Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people Friday, warning them to stay away from coastal areas as a severe cyclonic storm churned in the Bay of Bengal. The storm is expected to roar in on Sunday with a wind speed of up to 160 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour), gusting to 175 kph (110 mph) between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Kyaukpyu in Myanmar, India's Meteorological Department said.

Hundreds of thousands to be evacuated as Bangladesh and Myanmar brace for severe cyclone

May 12, 2023, 8:43am Nation & World

Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people Friday, warning them to stay away from coastal areas as a severe cyclone churned in the Bay of Bengal. Read story

NWS: Heat advisory in effect Saturday through Monday in Clark County

May 12, 2023, 7:16am Clark County News Free

Temperatures will be in the 90s and the National Weather Service in Portland has put Southwest Washington and much of northwestern Oregon under a heat advisory from 2 p.m. Saturday through 8 p.m. Monday. Read story

Weather Eye: Perfect weather will turn hot, hot, hot this weekend

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

I would say that Wednesday was a weather perfect day with sunny skies, northwest breezes and highs in the upper 70s. Does it get any better than that? Of course, I know some of you would prefer that if it is going to be summerlike, then let the highs get… Read story

Clark County temperatures could be in 90s this weekend

Residents cool off as they splash around in the water feature at The Waterfront Vancouver in 2022. The water feature will be open this weekend, when temperatures are expected to top 90 degrees.

Regional weather forecasts show that Mother’s Day weekend will be the hottest so far this year, with temperatures as much as 25 degrees above normal, said Hannah Chandler-Cooley, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Portland. Read story

Weather Eye: It will begin to feel more like summer this week

We managed to squeeze out a mostly decent day Monday despite clouds and moisture rotating around yet another pesky upper-level low in Southern Oregon. That low on its eastward journey pushed clouds and thunderstorms from the east to us. Most of the activity was south of Vancouver in the Portland… Read story