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The Climate Prediction Center says La Niña conditions emerged in September, and are expected to persist through the end of the year.

Research team members found that drought increased the average duration of heat waves by 13 to 48 hours at most of the weather stations included in the study.

Oregon’s Democrat Representatives have expressed their displeasure with the Trump Administration’s decision last week to withdraw from the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement.  The statement read:    "We are deeply disappointed in President Trump’s unilateral decision to withdraw from the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement. This agreement enabled a pause ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is out with its recap of the winter of 2024-2025, which includes December, January and February.    “We are seeing that it was our 27th warmest winter out of 130 years, going all the way back to 1895-1896.”    USDA...

Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a proposed rule to expand the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.  The risk-based program is for targeted species of seafood imported into the United States.  NOAA said expanding the program would increase the number of species included in the program from approximately 1,100 individual species to approximately 1,600 individua

NOAA Fisheries Wednesday announced $105 million in funding for 36 new fish passage projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.  The announcement includes significant funding to implement fish passage projects that meet tribal priorities and build tribal organizational capacity to support their role as stewards of tribal resources.    ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, recently released its U.S. Winter Outlook.  Beginning in December and running through February 2023, NOAA predicts drier-than-average conditions in the South with wetter-than-average conditions in the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, northern Rockies, and the Pacific Northwest.   ...

When we look back on July 2022, one word will come to mind, at least here in the Pacific Northwest.  Hot.  And it wasn't just our neck of the woods that saw extreme heat, but hot conditions were reported up and down the west coast, as well as across the southern Plains.  And Bra...

April and May combined for the 4th wettest on record for Oregon.  But that doesn’t mean the region is done with drought.  Dr. Joe Casola, NOAA’s Western Regional Climate Services Director, said all of that moisture helped. “Streams had a lot of ...

With the start of summer less than three weeks away, what can the state of Oregon expect when it comes to soil moisture? Oregon Department of Forestry Lead Meteorologist Pete Parsons said the wetter than average spring is expected to continue into the summer months ...