Weather & Climate

In this photo provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation flames from the Jack Fire burn along Oregon 138 near Steamboat, about 40 miles east of Roseburg, Oregon July 7, 2021. A 14-mile stretch of North Umpqua Highway is closed between Steamboat and Slide Creek due to the Jack Fire, that began Monday, July 5.

Arrests possible if evacuation orders ignored in Oregon huge blaze

July 12, 2021, 7:33am Latest News

Sheriff’s deputies in southern Oregon may start arresting people who refuse to heed evacuation orders issued because of a large, growing wildfire that threatens two small towns. Read story

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

Weather Eye: We have returned to close-to-seasonal temperatures

July 11, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

The weather this year is a little on the crazy side. Each month seems to have behaved more like another month than what is more typical. Take July so far: You would think after all that unusual heat in June that July would be another scorcher. Read story

‘Heat waves are killers,’ and a scorching one is likely to hit California this weekend

July 9, 2021, 8:45am Nation & World

LOS ANGELES – Potentially record-breaking temperatures are on their way to wide swaths of Southern California — a scorcher scientists say is clearly tied to climate change and could be lethal for those unprepared. Read story

A woman's umbrella is flipped inside out as she walks on a rainy and windy New York street, Friday, July 9, 2021. Fast-moving Tropical Storm Elsa hit the New York City region with torrential rains and high winds as it churned up the East Coast.

Tropical Storm Elsa soaks NYC as it races up East Coast

July 9, 2021, 8:42am Nation & World

Fast-moving Tropical Storm Elsa hit the New York City region with heavy rain and high winds Friday, toppling trees and hindering some rail service as it churned its way toward New England. Read story

Law enforcement investigators in the scene of a fatal car crash on Roosevelt Blvd. in the Ortega neighborhood of Jacksonville, Fla. during the strong winds from Tropical Storm Elsa, Wednesday, July 7, 2021.

Tropical storm pounds East Coast after killing 1 in Florida

July 8, 2021, 8:25am Nation & World

Tropical Storm Elsa carved a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida and spinning up a tornado at a Georgia Navy base that flipped recreational vehicles upside-down and blew one of them into a lake. Read story

Weather Eye: Warm weekend on the way; keep watering garden

Marine clouds kept our Wednesday afternoon high temperatures in the low 70s in most Clark County locales with drizzle enough to measure as well. Officially, in Vancouver as of 5 p.m., we had a high of 71 degrees and no measurable drizzle. Read story

Tropical Storm Elsa makes landfall, heads to Georgia

Pedestrians dash across the intersection of Greene and Duval streets as heavy winds and rain associated with Tropical Storm Elsa passes Key West, Fla., on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. The weather was getting worse in southern Florida on Tuesday morning as Tropical Storm Elsa began lashing the Florida Keys, complicating the search for survivors in the condo collapse and prompting a hurricane watch for the peninsula's upper Gulf Coast.

July 7, 2021, 12:06pm Nation & World

A weakened Tropical Storm Elsa dumped rain across Florida’s northern Gulf Coast early Wednesday, sparing the state from significant damage as it churned toward Georgia with threats of flooding downpours and possibly tornadoes. Read story

Weather Eye: Morning clouds will keep next few days mild

Typical summer weather continues with highs close to seasonal normals and some morning clouds thrown in to help keep hot temperatures at bay. Wednesday we will see the morning clouds lingering past noon, most likely, so highs will be lower, 78 to 82 degrees. Read story