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Weather & Climate

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

Weather Eye: String of 70-degree days to get underway on Friday

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

March 14, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

Today despite the official start of spring on the calendar being days away, it will be shining in all its glory. We begin the much-awaited warmup and enjoy the blue skies and sunshine. It was supposed to be chilly this morning with frosty conditions, but no worries, the skies will… Read story

FILE - A person tries to cool off in the shade as temperatures are expected to hit 116-degrees Fahrenheit, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Phoenix. Arizona&rsquo;s health department has named a physician to address ways to lessen the effects of extreme heat in the arid Southwestern state as the first statewide heat officer in the nation. (AP Photo/Ross D.

Arizona’s most populous county has confirmed 645 heat-associated deaths in metro Phoenix last year

FILE - A person tries to cool off in the shade as temperatures are expected to hit 116-degrees Fahrenheit, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Phoenix. Arizona&rsquo;s health department has named a physician to address ways to lessen the effects of extreme heat in the arid Southwestern state as the first statewide heat officer in the nation. (AP Photo/Ross D.

March 13, 2024, 5:45pm Nation & World

Public health officials in Arizona’s most populous county on Wednesday reported they confirmed a staggering 645 heat-associated deaths last year — more than 50% higher than 2022 and another consecutive annual record in arid metro Phoenix. Read story

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

Weather Eye: 70-degree weather on its way to Clark County later this week

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

March 12, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

Storm number three did not disappoint as it moved through late Monday afternoon. Blustery winds and gray skies with steady rain. Today we feel the aftereffects with scattered showers and still some breezy conditions. Perhaps a thunderstorm with the colder air aloft. Read story

Weather Eye: Trio of incoming storms forecast to shower region

March 9, 2024, 6:04am Clark County News

Friday’s weather was pleasant with high temperatures almost reaching 60 degrees at the official weather station in Vancouver. A few of you let me know you observed 60 degrees or a little above. We are on the right track. Friday’s high of 59 degrees was above the average and the… Read story

Bryce Phillips, founder and CEO of Evo, at the company&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s flagship store in Seattle&rsquo;s Fremont neighborhood.

As climate change threatens snow sports, Seattle-based Evo branches out

Bryce Phillips, founder and CEO of Evo, at the company&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s flagship store in Seattle&rsquo;s Fremont neighborhood.

March 9, 2024, 6:00am Business

Bryce Phillips doesn’t remember a winter as warm as this one. Read story

A helicopter carries a bucket as it flies over homes burned by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Canadian, Texas.

Utility provider Xcel Energy says its facilities appeared to have role in igniting Texas wildfire

A helicopter carries a bucket as it flies over homes burned by the Smokehouse Creek Fire, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Canadian, Texas.

March 7, 2024, 8:40am Latest News

The utility provider Xcel Energy said Thursday that its facilities appeared have played a role in igniting a massive wildfire in the Texas Panhandle that grew to the largest blaze in state history. Read story

FILE - A man buys a cool drink from a roadside vendor on a sunny day in Mahawewa, a village north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 29, 2024. Earth has exceeded global heat records in February, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus.

Global hot streak continues. February, winter, world’s oceans all break high temperature marks.

FILE - A man buys a cool drink from a roadside vendor on a sunny day in Mahawewa, a village north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 29, 2024. Earth has exceeded global heat records in February, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus.

March 7, 2024, 8:36am Nation & World

For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and the world’s oceans setting new high-temperature marks, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus. Read story

Weather Eye: We may finally hit the 50 degree mark Friday

March 7, 2024, 6:02am Clark County News

The National Weather Service in Portland on Wednesday afternoon ended their forecast discussion with this ray of hope: “For those sun seekers, forecast analysis is hinting on a high-pressure ridge building which would dry conditions out once again and bring warmer temperatures to the region.” Read story

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

Weather Eye: Don’t put up jacket yet; there’s no real warm up in sight

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

March 5, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

Winter is still hanging around, that is for sure. Early morning bouts with snowfall include many of us in the county. Not so much in the typical “heat island” of the Vancouver area but in outlying areas it is a different story. Read story

Electrical crews, bottom, replace burnt power poles near a destroyed residence, along the Canadian River in Canadian, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.

Texas struggles to contain wildfires as wind threatens to further their spread

Electrical crews, bottom, replace burnt power poles near a destroyed residence, along the Canadian River in Canadian, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.

March 4, 2024, 9:19am Nation & World

Strong winds spread flames and led to a town’s evacuation while airplanes dropped fire retardant over the northern Texas Panhandle in an attempt to stop the largest wildfire in state history. Read story