Mark Nelsen
@MarkNelsenWx
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Weather geek & lifelong Northwest guy. Born in Hood River. Chief Meteorologist @fox12oregon since 2000. 31 years on PDX Television
Portland, OR
Joined March 2016
WEATHER BLOG: Best of both worlds; a rare August soaking, then mainly dry weekend
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We get a nice soaking Friday night, putting fire season on hold during what is typically the worst time for fires. Then we get a (mainly or all) dry weekend. Your outdoor BBQs, weddings, reunions,...
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Warming trend next few days, then cooling heading into July
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Friday evening forecast models are out and I don't see any changes. Hot weather arrives Sunday; Saturday will be similar to today (just warm again). Actually Monday might be slightly cooler than the 93 we are showing...TBD. Regardless, reasonable again Tuesday and beyond
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I don't use Twitter much nowadays (partly due to quiet warm-season weather). But I've got a fresh weather blog post for you: https://t.co/dKTv1OrOLc
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Nice to see parts of metro area get the first soaking in a month today. 1st image is official observing stations (generally airports). 2nd is other weather stations and that tells the story of a very wet south-southeast metro this morning
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What follows record-dry April weather? A summerlike May Day. New weather blog post this evening
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Spring has turned sharply warmer/drier compared to March and early April. Now it appears this unusual pattern continues into the first half of May.
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Spring so far? About as normal as it gets! New weather blog post this evening:
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The next week or so look pretty close to normal; no extremes. Rainfall will be near average and temperatures close as well
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New weather podcast just dropped. 'Baseball-sized hail' to...rainbows? We discuss the lackluster stormy weather last week, flooding in SE Oregon, and what's coming up. Audio version has already dropped into your feed, but we suggest video version here: https://t.co/D0V1i1b8Sm
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Yep... Today was warmer than yesterday! High temperatures soared to 82° this afternoon, making it the warmest March day on record for PDX.
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First Alert Weather Blog: Record-warm today, then scattered thunderstorms Wednesday PM
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A record-warm Tuesday will be followed by scattered thunderstorms 2-6pm Wednesday for some of us
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Weather Podcast Ep. 131 is live! Wet March so far, bountiful snowpack, rainbow season, plus the potentially record-warm day (sorry, singular) ahead. We recommend you watch the video version either on your FOX12 Weather app, or here: https://t.co/D0V1i1b8Sm
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Recap of the 3 day severe weather outbreak across the Country including all Severe and Tornado warnings plus reports.
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Lunar eclipse viewing not looking good west of Cascades Thursday night. But eastern Gorge plus north-central Oregon could be good!
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I have no idea why this is so funny to me, but I needed a good laugh
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The Ides of March? Beware of rain, but no dangerous weather in weather blog this evening
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If you’ve lived here more than a year, you know our springs swing from wet to dry, cold to warm. We just had warm and mainly dry...you know what comes next!
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This didn't age well, apparently many hundreds of National Weather Service employees were fired today. Includes at least one in the Portland office.
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Put a fork in it...winter is over in the lowlands west of the Cascades. But that doesn't mean the chance for a wet morning snowfall is gone (remember that spring snow in early April 2022???) New weather blog post this evening:
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Winter is over in the lowlands west of the Cascades, but what does that mean?
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Peak gusts in metro and north Willamette Valley so far. most of these are from when thunderstorms passed through 4-5pm. Expect similar gusts to return when wind peaks 10pm-1am or so
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Windy! A sort of "Baby Bomb Cyclone" (yes, I made that up) arrives on PACNW coastline overnight. Details on timing and strength in my weather blog post this morning
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It's a First Alert Weather "afternoon and night" as strong southerly wind gusts arrive. There will be scattered power outages overnight and into the Tuesday morning commute
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Portland officially reported 1.4" snowfall today, extending the streak of consecutive "snowy" winters. We've experienced at least SOME measurable snow each of the last 10
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