Weather

As we prepare to move from March to April, it’s very dry across the Pacific Northwest. Many locations are under some kind of drought designation with a large swath of central Oregon under a D4, or Exceptional Drought. With the possibility of April showers just around the corner, could we see the drought conditions improve, or even disappear in the coming weeks? Mar ...

While the invention of the round bale has made livestock feeders’ lives much easier, round bales can also translate into more waste when not stored or fed properly. During times like these, when hay is so expensive, proper hay practices are critical to help minimize costs. Liv ...

A slight improvement, month over month, is the U.S. drought monitor. "It's not quite as dark reds and browns on the drought monitor map.  Meaning that we continue to see western drought; there has been an improvement in the overall drought situation," noted USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, when checking the latest drought numbers which included the month of December to January 4th. ...

According to new research published Wednesday in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, human-caused climate change makes extreme weather events more likely into the future. The 10th edition of the report, Explaining Extreme Events in 2020 from a Climate Perspective, presents 18 new peer-reviewed analyses of extreme weather across the world during 2020 ...

As 2021 starts to draw to a close, what does 2022 have in store for you and your family? And when flipping through the pages for the Farmers' Almanac you quickly learn that weather is only part of that equation. Peter Geiger with the Farmers' Almanac says when the publication started in 1818, it was all about providing detailed weather to farmers ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday $171 million to support 72 projects to improve resilience in the fight against the climate crisis. NOAA's Climate Program Office announced the funding, the highest five-year investment in the program's history ...

Thanks to a cold front moving out of Alaska and Canada, fall has made its presence known here in the Pacific Northwest, with temperatures dropping ten to 15 degrees since last week. And while the system that brought in the cooler weather brought with it windy conditions, rain showers were not a consistent ...

On Tuesday, senators Tammy Baldwin and Mike Braun introduced bipartisan legislation to help states rebuild stronger and more resilient roads, highways and bridges. The Wisconsin Democrat and Indiana Republican said the legislation will help states as they recover from extreme weather and natural disaster damage brought by severe storms, floods or hurricanes ...

Growing world class wheat is only part of the job description for Northwest producers. The other part is beating back grasses and broadleaf weeds that look to rob the crop of nutrients and much more. Helena says their newest tool should give Northwest wheat growers an advantage in 2021 and well beyond ...

The Washington Apple Commission is out with the first estimate of the 2020 crop, which is expected to be around 134 million 40-pound boxes. That figure is on par with last year’s 133 million boxes. However, since the time of the initial estimate, the Northwest experienced extreme weather which most likely will impact the final harvest numbers. The ...