Weather & Climate

Evan Freedman, from Los Angeles, puts snow chains on his vehicle as heavy snow falls on Highway 2 near Wrightwood, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.

Massive storm brings tornadoes to South, blizzard threat

December 13, 2022, 10:50am Latest News

A massive storm blowing across the country spawned tornadoes in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as much of the central United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Midwest braced Tuesday for blizzard-like conditions. Read story

Weather Eye: Clear skies should be ahead later in the week

December 13, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

As we dry out today and Wednesday, it will be a slow process with areas of low clouds and fog. Those east winds should reach us later Wednesday and finally we achieve some clear skies. That will allow overnight temperatures to drop into the 20s. Our highs will be close… Read story

Sal Wood, Blake Wood and Jacobi Wood, 6, roll the largest snowball at Camel's Back Park in Boise, Idaho, on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, after 2.5 inches of snow fell overnight according to the National Weather Service. No more snow is in the forecast for the Boise area this week, but temperatures are expected to drop to as low as 6 degrees by Saturday night. (Sarah A.

Millions in central U.S. brace for snow, rain and floods

December 12, 2022, 2:52pm Latest News

A massive winter storm blew toward the center of the U.S. on Monday, threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding. Read story

Police search teams at the scene after children fell through ice,in Babbs Mill Park in Kingshurst, Solihull, England, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth remains hospitalized as weather forecasters issued severe weather warnings for large parts of the United Kingdom. Rescuers pulled the boys, aged 8, 10 and 11, from the icy waters Sunday afternoon and rushed them to the hospital in the West Midlands, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of London. But they could not be revived after suffering cardiac arrest.

3 children die after fall into icy lake; UK gripped by storm

December 12, 2022, 10:16am Nation & World

Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth remains hospitalized as weather forecasters issued severe weather warnings for large parts of the United Kingdom. Read story

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

Weather Eye: We’ll stay cool through Christmas

December 11, 2022, 6:01am Clark County News

Plenty of gray skies continued all day Friday — along with some moderate rains, which almost caught us up for the month. As of 3 p.m. Saturday, we had 1.77 inches of rain in the bucket for Vancouver. Read story

Weather Eye: More gray skies, rain, blustery weather on the way

The persistent gray skies kept our temperatures Wednesday stable and without much fluctuation, with a high of 42 degrees and a low of 39. That is out of the ordinary to some degree, I’d say. The low is above average, but the high temperature is below average. Our average high… Read story

Weather Eye: Gray, wet and windy weather on tap most of week

We experienced winter’s first punch of the white stuff here at city levels Sunday but as I mentioned here earlier, not much to fret about. It was pretty to watch it fall and, in some locations, accumulate briefly on the ground. Roadways for the most part were only wet or… Read story