Weather & Climate

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

Weather Eye: Expect more rain, snow in Cascades this week

November 8, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

A nice break in the weather today after areas of morning fog with mostly sunny skies. Monday begins fair with increasing clouds and, yep, more showers for Tuesday. Another break on Veterans Day and then a stronger storm heading our way Thursday and Friday. Read story

Volunteer firefighters huddle in prayer before beginning a search and rescue operation in San Cristobal Verapaz, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta. Searchers in Guatemala were digging through mud and debris looking for an estimated 100 people believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled landslide, as Eta regained tropical storm strength and churned toward Cuba.

Eta regains storm status, heads toward Cuba

November 7, 2020, 2:57pm Nation & World

Searchers in Guatemala dug through mud and debris looking for an estimated 100 people believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled landslide, as Tropical Storm Eta continued to gain strength Saturday and churned toward Cuba. Read story

A National Police officer carries an elderly woman out of an area flooded by water brought by Hurricane Eta in Jerusalen, Honduras, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. The storm that hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday had become more of a vast tropical rainstorm, but it was advancing so slowly and dumping so much rain that much of Central America remained on high alert.

Eta back to sea as Central America tallies damages and dead

November 6, 2020, 11:31am Nation & World

As the remnants of Hurricane Eta moved back over Caribbean waters, governments in Central America worked to tally the displaced and dead, and recover bodies from landslides and flooding that claimed dozens of lives from Guatemala to Panama. Read story

Clackamas County faces increased landslide risk in wildfire areas as more rain expected

November 6, 2020, 10:43am Latest News

Officials in Clackamas County are warning residents to be aware of increased risks of landslides over the next week as heavy rains fall on areas scorched by wildfires earlier this year. Read story

A man walks in knee-deep floodwaters carrying belongings in San Manuel, Honduras, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Eta weakened from the Category 4 hurricane to a tropical storm after lashing the Caribbean coast for much of Tuesday, its floodwaters isolating already remote communities and setting off deadly landslides.

Weakened Eta drenches Honduras; could reach Gulf of Mexico

November 5, 2020, 8:22am Nation & World

The rain-heavy remains of Hurricane Eta flooded homes in Honduras on Thursday as the death toll across Central America rose to at least 13. Forecasters said the once-mighty storm was expected to regather form and head toward Cuba and possibly the Gulf of Mexico by early next week. Read story

Weather Eye: November’s warm start about to take a turn

As I write this column, we are only four days into November. Doing a quick check, I have never seen the month start out as warm as it has. Wednesday’s high temperature as of 4 p.m. was 68 degrees, close to the record of 70 degrees in 1975. Before that… Read story

Eta lashes Nicaragua with rains, deadly mudslides

A woman works to recover the part of roof damaged by Hurricane Eta in Wawa, Nicaragua, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Eta slammed into Nicaragua's Caribbean coast with potentially devastating winds Tuesday, while heavy rains thrown off by the Category 4 storm already were causing rivers to overflow across Central America.

November 4, 2020, 9:25am Nation & World

Tropical Storm Eta spun through northern Nicaragua Wednesday after lashing the country’s Caribbean coast for much of the past day, its floodwaters isolating already remote communities and setting off deadly landslides that killed at least three people. Read story

Weather Eye: Rain is back today and remains rest of the week

The beginning of November graced itself with sunshine and mild temperatures rather than rain and wind. Don’t be fooled however, the rain is back today and the rest of the week. And those above normal temperatures will be gone by the weekend too. Will we have 60-degree weather again in… Read story