Weather & Climate

Weather Eye: Rain will return this week, along with blustery winds

January 10, 2023, 6:04am Clark County News

Quite a potent little storm that developed and moved quickly up the Oregon Coast and northward along the Washington Coast. Winds in Oregon were as high as 86 mph with scattered power outages from Lincoln City to Astoria. The Long Beach Peninsula was hit hard with widespread power outages and… Read story

1 killed by falling tree, 20K lose power in Washington’s high winds

January 9, 2023, 3:48pm Northwest

A woman was killed on Monday by a falling tree amid strong winds in Western Washington, officials said. Read story

A tree collapsed and ripped up the sidewalk damaging a home in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. The weather service's Sacramento office said the region should brace for an even more powerful storm system to move in late Sunday and early Monday. "Widespread power outages, downed trees and difficult driving conditions will be possible," the office said on Twitter.

Montecito under evacuation order amid floods

January 9, 2023, 1:20pm Nation & World

Rain-weary Californians grappled with flooding and mudslides Monday as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state, prompting widespread evacuations, toppling trees and frustrating motorists who hit roadblocks caused by fallen debris. Read story

Second from the right, Sean de Guzman Chief of the California Department of Water Resources Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Section, Andy Reising, right, and Anthony Burdock left, both California Department of Water Resources Engineers in the Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, work the measurement phase of the first media snow survey of the 2023 season, as California Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth watches the survey at the Phillips Station site in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The survey is held approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County on Jan. 3, 2023.

California’s snowpack near decade high. What’s it mean for the drought?

January 8, 2023, 6:02am Nation & World

As the New Year begins, California’s Sierra is closing in on the second-largest snowpack we’ve seen at this time of year in the last two decades, with more snow expected to pummel the mountain range in the coming days. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Forecast doesn’t change this week

January 8, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News

The weather forecast hasn’t changed since the last time we chatted together. That large area of low pressure off California keeps spinning around and around. Read story

California gets brief lull after damaging ‘bomb cyclone’

Dominic King, owner of My Thai Beach, surveys storm damage that destroyed his restaurant in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree.

January 6, 2023, 12:53pm Nation & World

California weather calmed Friday but the lull was expected to be brief as more Pacific storms lined up to blast into the state, where successive powerful weather systems have knocked out power to thousands, battered the coastline, flooded streets, toppled trees and caused at least six deaths. Read story

‘Bomb cyclone’ brings damaging winds, rain to California

An empty vehicle is surrounded by floodwaters on a road in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Another winter storm moved into California on Wednesday, walloping the northern part of the state with more rain and snow. It's the second major storm of the week in the parched state. (AP Photo/Godofredo A.

January 5, 2023, 9:04am Nation & World

Damaging winds and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flash flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree. Read story