How is the weather in Portland, Oregon, unusual this year?”
Nearly 2 inches of rain had fallen at Portland International Airport as of Wednesday morning — about an inch and a half more than normal — and the Mount Hood foothills could see as much as 6 inches of snow above 5,000 foot elevations. “Crazy, wild spring weather is on tap … Wait five minutes, literally, and things will change. Expect rain showers, occasionally heavy, with sun pockets, breezes, clouds and even snow in the mountains,” Salesky predicted. The storms continued an “unusual weather” pattern for Northwest Oregon after a flash thunderstorm brought thunder, lightning, high wind gusts and hail to the metro area Saturday afternoon, killing one man and felling trees from Beaverton to Milwaukie. http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_050409_news_weather_oregon_storm.1b9a775e.html A weather pattern more typical of November than May brought high winds and lots o
A powerful spring storm made its way into Portland on May 5, 2009 and nearly two inches of rain had fallen at Portland International Airport the next day. The storm and rain had downed trees, flooded roads and left the residents powerless. The Mounthood foothills were covered with snow. An 80-foot-tall tree toppled on the Terwilliger Boulevard extension near State Street, taking down power lines and blocking the roadway until crews with chainsaws could come cut it up. The lines were sparking and continued to burn the tree. Flames were 15 feet high at one point, according to firefighters. About 1,200 PGE residents were without power intermittently, the majority in the southwest and southeast Portland.
