NWS Portland, OR
EDIT: What/When/Where (e.g., Heavy Rain & Flooding Possible - Tuesday)
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- EDIT: What/When/Where (e.g., Heavy Rain & Flooding Possible - Tuesday)
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- 0:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- EDIT: Provide a short description describing the content of the video. Leave the "signature" below in every video.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Weather Ready Nation Ambassador Weather Slaps - NWS Portland
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- 3:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Weather Ready Nation Ambassador Program strives to connect the NWS and the community in the hopes of creating a weather ready nation. Students at a school in Portland, OR have done just that! Check out these 'weather slaps' written, performed and produced by two students at the school. With these performances, they hope that they can help prepare their communities for weather related emergencies.
This school is a justice involved school within the Multnomah Education Service District (MESD). MESD is an educational cooperative that provides a wide variety of programs and services on a regional basis to school districts in Multnomah County and beyond.
We are so incredibly proud of these students and thank them for their hard work to promote the mission of the National Weather Service.
Do you want to be a WRN Ambassador? Visit www.weather.gov/wrn for more information.
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National Weather Service
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- How do easterly winds impact temperatures? - National Weather Service Portland
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- 2:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- It's Science Sunday! Have you wondered why when we get east winds during the winter the temperatures can be vastly different? There are a few different reasons, but the main two are due to adiabatic warming and gap winds. This video explains the difference between the two.
What other weather phenomena do you want to know more about?
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- The Lupata
- Runtime
- 24:32
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The Lupata was a British sailing ship that wrecked off Tillamook Head Oregon in 1881 with the loss of all hands. What do we know of this ship, and what kind of weather conditions led to it's sinking in the Graveyard of the Pacific?
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Evolution of the Columbia River Bar
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The Columbia River Bar has changed considerably since NOAA's Coast Survey began mapping the bar in the mid 19th century. Watch the changes unfold as as they are depicted in historical charts from 1851-2018.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Elmer Werth_A WWII Oral History
- Runtime
- 28:38
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Elmer Werth is a WWII veteran who served in the USAAF in several weather units during the war. In this oral history he talks about weather training in the USAAF, a brief stint as a forecaster, and finally his work in the early years of lightning detection.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Watching the clouds go by...
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Too busy to lay in the grass and watch the clouds go by this Labor Day weekend? Well, we captured a moment for you. Watch the slow moving clouds grow and dissipate over our office as a weak front lay along the Oregon coast.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Cloud time lapse @ NWS Portland
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- 0:21
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Too busy to lay in the grass and watch the clouds go by this Labor Day weekend? Here is a time lapse from Saturday afternoon showing clouds growing and dissipating over our office as a weak front lay along the Oregon coast.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- NWS Portland - Slow-Motion Snow 3-6-2019
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Large flakes are falling this evening as the back edge of the snow band approaches. Some flakes are over two inches in diameter. Yes we measured 🙂
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Andy & Laurel talk about Columbia flooding
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Andy and Laurel/Yanny discuss the ongoing flooding along the Columbia, and they are joined by Sally Salmon.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- 2017-18 Winter Outlook for NW Oregon and SW Washington
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Will it snow in the Valley this winter? How much snow in the Cascades? Check out this 2 minute video with the 2017-2018 winter outlook to hear our latest thoughts.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Rain/Snow mix at NWS Office - 12/5/16
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- 0:15
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Rain/Snow mix falling at the NWS Portland Weather Forecast Office on December 5, 2016.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- June 10th 2016 Sunset
- Runtime
- 0:24
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- EDIT: Provide a short description describing the content of the video. Leave the "signature" below in every video.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- June 10th 2016 Time Lapse
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Title
- Heat Safety and Cars
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Cars and warm weather can be dangerous for kids and pets. Don't leave kids or animals locked in cars on a sunny and warm day.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Sky view Portland 24 April 2016
- Runtime
- 0:22
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
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- PacNW Winter Wx Awareness Week 2015 - Flooding
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Flood education video for winter weather awareness week 2015
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- EDIT: What/When/Where (e.g., Heavy Rain & Flooding Possible - Tuesday)
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Several species of Cirrus are seen in this time lapse. These include Cirrus uncinus, Cirrus spissatus, and Cirrocumulus. Also seen are contrails.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Vanport and the Columbia River Floods of 1948
- Runtime
- 36:26
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The biggest Columbia River Flood of the 20th Century wiped out the wartime housing project of Vanport, Oregon's second largest city during World War II. How did Vanport come to exist, and how did it disappear? A look back at the Vanport Flood of 1948...
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Effects of Wildfire
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Effects of Wildfire
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
- Title
- Stratocumulus
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- A short time lapse of stratocumulus clouds
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Cumulus mediocris with cirrus fibratus
- Runtime
- 0:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- A short time lapse of cumulus mediocris clouds with cirrus fibratus above.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Cirrus fibratus and cumulus fractus
- Runtime
- 0:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- A short time lapse of cirrus fibratus clouds, with a few cumulus fractus clouds appearing at times.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Universal Newsreel coverage of the 1964 Christmas Flood
- Runtime
- 3:11
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- The Christmas Flood of 1964 was one of the biggest floods on record in the Northwest United States. This is Universal Newsreel coverage of the flood from December 28 1964, obtained from the U.S. National Archives.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- September Barn Swallow Roosts Willamette Valley
- Runtime
- 3:20
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- A brief description of the Portland National Weather Service radar capturing Barn Swallows taking off from their nightly roost in corn fields during the early morning hours of September 16th 2014.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Satellite Loop of Hurricanes & Vortices Over Pacific Ocean
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Fires seen on MODIS Satellite Imagery - 17 July 2014
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Take a look at wildfires seen in color satellite pictures in Washington and Oregon seen the afternoon of July 17 2014.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Cumulus Mediocris
- Runtime
- 0:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- A short time lapse of Cumulus Mediocris clouds, taken on May 6 2014 in Portland Oregon. The time frame covered about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Pacific NW Standing Wave Clouds April 14th 2014
- Runtime
- 2:11
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Visible satellite loop of standing wave clouds forming immediately downstream of Mount Rainier, Mount Adams and Mount Hood on April 14th 2014. Superficially, it almost appears as though each volcano is erupting when in fact a wave cloud is forming just downstream of each volcano and being carried by the prevailing winds. Note: the actual loop of the images is performed after the narration concludes (in approximately the last 10-20 seconds of the video).
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Drought Update January 24th 2014
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- With the very dry winter we've had thus far, concerns about drought are growing. This video provides some details on precipitation totals in NW Oregon through mid-January and possible scenarios for the Spring.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Gorge Stratus
- Runtime
- 0:33
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Stratus and fog pushing up the Columbia River Gorge, as seen from The Dalles the night of December 16-17 2013.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- NWS Portland Weather Briefing - Freezing Drizzle or Light Snow
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- EDIT: Weather Briefing on potential for Freezing Drizzle and/or Light Snow
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Winter Weather Awareness Week - Flooding
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- November 9-15, 2014 is Pacific Northwest Winter Weather Awareness Week. This video serves as an introduction to flood history and safety in the Pacific Northwest.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- View From Mt. Mitchell, WA on July 9, 2013
- Runtime
- 0:10
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- A short video showing the views from Mt. Mitchell on the afternoon of July 9, 2013.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Frying Eggs in a Car...in Portland Oregon!
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Inspired by NWS Phoenix baking cookies in a car...we decided to try and fry eggs in a car in Portland OR, It wasn't as hot here, but can a car get dangerously hot with temperatures around 90?
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- A Visit to the National Weather Service
- Runtime
- 6:09
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Especially for kids...take a visit to a National Weather Service Office, to see how weather forecasts are made. Starring Larry Chicken...star forecaster
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Altocumulus Stratiformis Opacus Mamma
- Runtime
- 0:17
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- A short time lapse showing Altocumulus Stratiformis Opacus Mamma clouds with a front on 27 April 2013
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
- Title
- Pacific Northwest Severe Weather Week
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Pacific Northwest Severe Weather Awareness Week - Preparedness topics each day.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- Pacific Northwest Severe Weather Awareness Week Topic: Ways to receive a warning
- Runtime
- 4:11
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- A video describing several methods to receive National Weather Service watches and warnings.
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- Pacific Northwest Severe Weather Awareness Week Topic: Wildfire Preparedness
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Wildfire preparedness in the Pacific Northwest.
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- Pacific NW Severe Weather Awareness Week: The National Weather Service Warning System
- Runtime
- 6:37
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- A description of the main components of the National Weather Service's warning system, and a brief summary describing the differences between a watch and a warning.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
- Title
- The 1972 Vancouver Tornado
- Runtime
- 5:17
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- The 1972 tornado that struck Vancouver Washington was the deadliest in Pacific Northwest history. Learn a little about this storm, how the tornado formed and what it did.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
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- A brief history of weather map analysis
- Runtime
- 4:18
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Learn about the history of surface weather map analysis.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Portland, OR
http://weather.gov/Portland
