Georges Winter Forecast is complete!

Again though, I am not sure if I can release the link yet so I will wait until its officially up. It looks great, I was a bit surprised on his guess about any Snowevents in the lower valley. I will review it completely tomorrow so check back. Today I have been following along on CNN with all this Hurricane Coverage. It's pretty sad seeing all the destruction. Your going to hear about this everyday for the next month. It's kinda of scary thinking about the fact that our world has seen many devastating events (Tsunami, Hurricanes) in the last year, makes you wonder if our region (Northwest) is next? And what for? We have Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Floods and Windstorms that can get us, we will get one soon... but which one? Food for thought, take care!

Wild Day Yesterday for Northern Oregon

Landslides, Heavy Rain and Funnel Clouds is how you can describe Monday for Northern Oregon. Some places got atleast an inch and a half within a one hour period, that could be devastating any way you look at it. Other than that, Hurricane Katrina is going to be marked on top of Hurricane Andrew as the greatest Hurricane on record. Its pretty devastating to see all the damage on TV and it makes you glad that you don't live in a region where that stuff can come upon you like that. But Oregon is more than capable of producing High winds and floods, but not in Hurricane fashion. My thoughts and prayers are out for everyone effected by this monster.

Very BUSY day today....

As all of you know, the south eastern states are getting pounded by a fearce Hurricane. My heart goes out to all of them and I wish them all the best luck. From that note, I got a sneak peak of a Winter Weather Forecast by Steve Pierce thanks to George Taylor and it looks very intrigung. I will not discuss it right now untill George's Winter Weather Forecast is out offically and I am able to discuss it then. So stay tuned! But I can say that a majority of us weather goo roo's and Metorologist's see a great chance for a windstorm. Lets hope not, but it's possible. Other than that, todays weather has been WET! Thats a very big change. I have not heard thunder or seen lightning but 30 miles south of us there was a Funnel Cloud reported. So it's been interesting but will be short lived. Keep it safe!

My RSS Severe Weather Feed Works!

I was relieved when I could finally test my RSS feed from NOAA with the Severe Weather Watches/Warnings. Earlier this morning NOAA of Portland issued a Special Weather Statement regarding a swift change of the weather for an early sneak peak of Fall. Temperatures will dip as low as the low 70's for highs and the freezing level will be as low as 6500 FT by Monday which could bring Timberline Lodge of Mt. Hood a dusting of snow. Now that is pretty amazing since its still August so keep in mind this must be a really really cold system coming in. If this was winter, we'd see snow from this pattern. Well anyways, temperatures all this week are expected to remain just under 80 so we will be a little below average all week. That's a big change form our intense 90 degree days we have been having. But all in all I am excited that the RSS feed on the front page of McMinnville Weather.com works and I am very excited for the upcoming weather season. Take care!

Very Immature Rants by Willamette Week on George Taylor

On August 24rth, Willamette Week published an article that criticised George Taylor and his work, on the topic of "Global Warming." This was a selfish act upon the reporter and is really misleading with a bunch of false information. I was outraged, and as a guy I respect and take after in Weather research and forecasting in George Taylor, I thought it would be the least I can do to show my support for him. George came back fighting in his on article here. Read that and come back to this. Besides, everyone has their opinions on Global warming, but 100 years earlier we were in a stage way warmer than it is now and I believe we are just going through a climatic pattern that is ongoing. Im sorry Willamette Week, George has made a point and has backed up his word with facts, not lies and rants. To the reporter that wrote the article: "How can you discredit a State climatologists scientific knowledge if you as a reporter don't have any knowledge of the subject and you don't study the Climate yourself?" But whatever.

Winter Weather Meeting and Windstorms

Im sitting here watching Hurricane coverage on Hurricane Katrina and its pretty interesting watching these guys reporting in wide open area's in the Hurricane. And it reminded me of the 1995 Windstorm that struck Western Oregon with gusts to 70-80 mph and sustaind winds around 60 mph. I remember looking outside and the rain on the ground was being blown everywhere like a Hurricane and was pretty dramatic. I want to see another one, hopefully this winter. Well, the annual Winter Weather Meeting is November 4rth at 10 AM. I will be there to take notes and post them on this site. Oh and there is rain in the forecast!! Wow, thats a first since early July. Take care!

The nights are starting to get cooler...

Why is this? Obviously we are losing a couple minutes off the sunlight each day and as we lose light, we have longer nights which in fact let the air cool down more. Last night got down to around 45 *F which is pretty cool. Get used to it! 28 Days of summer left, and you can start to feel it. As for now, I am still awaiting George Taylors Annual Winter Weather Forecast which should be avaliable later this week or early next week. Can't wait. Untill then, have a wonderful rest of the summer!

Farmers Almanac a reliable forecaster?

George Taylor of OCS just sent me some Farmer Almanac predictions and one said we will be in for a cold winter while the other says we are going to have a wet and mild winter. These confuse me and the mild one dosn't sound right. The first half of winter will be cool up untill maybe mid to upper January (15-22). Then I can see it getting mild. I don't put my faitha nd trust in these things for most of the time these predictions are way off. Not all the time, but most of the time! If you want to know what this winter will be like, go back to 1995. Most common analog year would be that and is the closest to how this year is going. Ahh weather can be so confusing at times. Stay tuned.

30 days of Summer left.

Well, 30 days left of summer and I am ready for it to go. Generally for weather forecasters, this is the easiest and most boring time of the year. If you notice the way I have made McMinnville Weather.com more tolerant to the Winter season. What's going on so far is that this winter looks to be very exciting, a lot of storms. I am trying to do more research on "Western Oregon Snowfall" and as you can tell my main interest in weather sits near Snow. I love snow, loved it since I was a little boy wondering where it came from and how it does snow. Very unique weather event, especially for McMinnville since we don't see an abundance of snow here. But we do average 4 inches a year and I will even admit that surprised me at first. Well for now I will continue doing my work, the site opens, well it officially is updated in forecasts starting on September 10th. Come back every once and a while and read up on reports and breaking weather news. Also the Severe Weather Watches and Warnings are automatically updated by RSS feed directly from NOAA. So that's a neat thing to have, very helpful. Take care and enjoy!