Columbia Weather Systems

We are pleased to be co-sponsors of the upcoming Climate Change Forum at Marylhurst University near Portland on October 6. Additional sponsors include the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society . Keynote speaker is Anthony Strawa, a microphysicist at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. Presenters will include Washington state climatologist Nicholas Bond and Andy Harris of the Oregon Health & Science University Medical School. Other speakers from Oregon State University will address topics ranging from climate change models to resiliency needed in coastal communities. "We're bringing together some wonderful, engaging experts who come at climate change from unique perspectives," says Greg Dardis, interim chair of Marylhurst's Department of Science & Mathematics. "Our goal is to create a day that gets many more of us thinking more broadly about the impacts

Fifty years ago, the Pacific Northwest experienced the Columbus Day Storm with winds of up to 130 mph in the Willamette Valley and 170 mph along the Pacific Coast. The Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society holds a commemoration event on Saturday, October 13, 10:00 a.m. at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry . "We will take a look deep inside the storm, as seen through the eyes of the public and the Meteorologists who tracked it. We will present rare audio and video recordings from the night of the storm featuring late KGW Meteorologist Jack Capell and those who were present when the 600ft tall KGW transmitter tower fell to the ground." Click Here for a link to additional information about the Columbus Day Storm 50th Anniversary Commemoration event. Columbia Weather System s is proud to be a member of the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society.

CWS is releasing a new alarm feature on the Weather Display. For all real and calculated parameters, users can select upper and lower limits which trigger audible and visual alarm. A visual green circle graphic turns red when alarm conditions are present. An audible beeping alarm sounds. The audible alarm can be manually dismissed or will automatically shut off when a secondary user defined limit is reached. This feature has been developed in conjunction with CWS customer the Dalles Dam on the Columbia River. The weather display is located in the control operator’s office. Monitoring wind speed is critical. When a certain limit is reached, some operations are curtailed. Alarm triggered when Temperature 1 exceeded 72 degrees Fahrenheit .