The Ship Report

Waterspout off the Long Beach Peninsula shows the serious nature of local weather After our near-miss with a severe storm that walloped Washington to the north of us, a thunderstorm off the Long Beach...

21 Nov 20248min

Our weather continues, with a look at how vessels handle it at sea That dangerous bomb cyclone storm is moving on to the north of us, leaving us with big seas for the next day or so. It was a close ca...

21 Nov 20248min

Bomb cyclone with deep low pressure shapes our coastal weather this week An intense low pressure storm called a bomb cyclone is churning out in the ocean a couple hundred miles offshore of the Oregon ...

19 Nov 20248min

The ubiquitious, but seldom noticed, Quonset hut Today a look at a common but oft-overlooked maritime structure - the Quonset hut. First designed and built for the US Navy in 1941, they were styled af...

18 Nov 20248min

Who's coming and going on the river today? A look at today's complement of cargo vessels on the river.

15 Nov 20247min

As weather improves, a backlog of ships getting back to work Whenever the Columbia River Bar at the mouth of the river temporarily becomes too dangerous to cross because of bad weather, the result a ...

14 Nov 20248min

As rough weather keeps the bar on Red status, we'll talk about how weather matters here Today the bar is on Red status because of the weather, meaning few if any ships will cross the bar today at th...

13 Nov 20247min

Inclement weather and King Tides add up to increased beach risks and flooding Today we take a look at our seasonally rowdy weather forecast, which already has the Columbia River Bar on Red status this...

12 Nov 20248min