Kevin Shaw


  • Currently 31 with an average wind from the ENE of 10 mph. Feels like 23 degrees. Dew Point 29, Humidity 91%, Barometer 29.38, Visibility 6 mi., Sunrise 7:53 am, Sunset 5:08 pm.

    50% chance of snow flurries […]

  • Currently 22 with an E wind of 10 mph making it feel like 11 degrees. Dew Point 14, Humidity 71%, Barometer 30.50 & falling, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:46am, Sunset 6:06 pm. Cloudy with a 50% chance of snow […]

  • Wow, we got some seriously beautiful weather Thursday. Friday should be even better with highs reaching well into the 70s and sunny skies. Changes come our way into the weekend when a cold front approaches the […]

  • hitting the 37 deg mark at the present. Snow melting by sublimination as the wind pasts over it here. No pooling of water due to low humidity. Artic desert country.

  • John Markle posted an update 7 years ago

    This is leading up to

    Aloft…At 500 hpa…A 494 dam low 200 nm northwest of Wrangel
    Island remains quasi stationary through Thursday morning, then
    moves east across the Arctic over 75N through Saturday afternoon,
    then into the Beaufort Sea Saturday evening. A wave associated
    with the low extends over Wainwright to Central to Yakutat and
    will…[Read more]

  • Weather Summary for Sunday 11.05.17:   Cloudy with occasional Mist or Drizzle. The High Temperature reached 59.2°F at 9:15 pm.  Humidity High: 98%…. Humidity Low: 95%…..Dew Pt. High: 58°F…..Dew Pt. Low […]

  • Winter is making an early appearance today in the Tri-Cities, as several places woke up to a dusting of snow. Winter Weather Advisories are in place for the Blue Mountains as well as in Yakima. The Tri-Cities will […]

    • My brother lives in Seattle and said they had snow. That’s unusual for them to have it and we do not. This may be a strange winter for all.

      • It is a little odd, but not unprecedented. Who knows, though. The strange winters are more fun anyway!

  • Currently 51 degrees with a WSW wind of 2 mph. Feels like 51, Dew Point, 51, Humidity 100%, Barometer 29.67, Visibility 1.5 mi, Sunrise  7:21 am, Sunset 5:28 pm. Foggy. 80% chance of rain, possible […]

  • First off, I apologize for getting this out so late – I’ve been extraordinarily busy between the WeatherTogether/WeatherQuack merger and work. Trust me, I wanted nothing more than to give y’all a forecast for the […]

    • The most memorable snowstorm of my early childhood in The Dalles was of course late November 1985. Temps as cold as -1F a couple days before Thanksgiving, too….

      Then there was the 1992-93 winter season, where the cold and snow lingered throughout late February and the first few days of March.

      The El Nino season in 1997-98 had a big memorable snowstorm in The Dalles, with about 18 inches and tons of even taller drifts.

      Adulthood memorable snowstorms (besides Dec ’08) included April 20, 2008 in Eugene; March 21, 2012 all over the PNW and November 13, 2014.

      • Mine would probably be winter of 2003-2004. I lived on McChord AFB near Tacoma and at one point we had 18 inches of snow on the ground. I was nine, but it seemed like we got a couple of different snow storms right around the new year, along with an ice storm that grounded everything to a halt.

        • I remember January 2004 very well, I forgot to put that one in there. It was a classic overrunning event for us – we got at least 3 inches of snow before it turned to rain. No large discrepancy in elevation (which is good, because we are close to lake level!). Portland got severe freezing rain later on from that storm.

          I have particularly vivid memories from that day walking along Lake Washington with my friend and taking in all the scenery together. Schools were of course closed, and the snow stuck to the roads like glue since they were well below freezing. I remember seeing a guy ski down Madrona Hill outside my friend’s house.

          I was lucky enough to ski down Madrona Hill in 2008… this was taken the evening of December 21, our second big December 2008 snowstorm. I think the snow had stopped falling at the time of this video, but I’m not sure. Little brother alert at 0:20 and dog (ours) alert at 0:56. https://youtu.be/yenpSFiiroI

  • John Markle posted an update 7 years ago

    Still waiting for the snow and some colder temps. Man can freeze working outside and start sweating while moving cut brush, and what they call trees here in the boreal forest.

    • Thanks for your first posts John. It can really be quite easy, easier than the previous systems, and we have more people working on the system here that can really help and make things easier and run smoother. Hope you can see my posts on here. Have a great day! Kevin

  • I hope you all had a happy Halloween these past few days. I enjoyed a weekend stay in Portland, where I attended my first-ever OMSI Winter Weather Conference and got to meet several of my online weather buddies in […]

    • This really is a classic pattern for snow – I wish it was occurring just a few weeks later! At this point, I think The Dalles will see flakes while PDX will just get rain, or a rain-snow mix. Perhaps the West Hills could get something. Monday morning is still a LONG ways out though.

  • Weather Summary for Tuesday 10.31.17:   Mostly Sunny skies with Breezy conditions. The High Temperature reached 55.1°F at 4:20 pm. Humidity High: 79 %…..Humidity Low: 39%…..Dew Pt. High: 37.8°F […]

  • Currently 33 with a WNW wind of 2.8 mph dropping that to feeling like 29. Dew Point 33, Humidity 100%, Barometer 29.44, Visibility 1 mi. 80% chance of rain showers mixed with snow showers. High around 40. W […]