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The Pacific Tracker will be arriving in the river
Another interesting ship alert, this one for Saturday morning, when the missile telemetry and tracking vessel the Pacific Tracker passes by inbound to Portland. She’s always and unusual sight. We’ll also talk about the rest of our ship schedule for today.
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What causes wind to come from one direction or another?
Today we’ll look at the marine weather forecast and talk a little about wind. Why does the wind come from the west, or some other direction? And a look at ship traffic.
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Who’s on the river today?
Today we’ll take a look at ship traffic, and at how the Columbia remains what it has historically been when it comes to cargo: an big export region for raw materials.
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A look at wind, waves and ships
We’ll look at ships on the river today, and also talk about the relationship between wind and waves.
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A look at who’s on the river, and ship paint and colors
Today we’ll take a look at ship traffic and talk a little about the fairly standard color scheme you see on the bulk carriers that anchor here.
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How local shipping gets back to normal after bad weather on the bar
We’ve had some interesting weather this week, including a thunderstorm warning that didn’t quite materialize. But along with that storm came bad weather at sea, so difficult that the Columbia River Bar was on red status for the past day or so. That means ship traffic has been halted going in and out of the river temporarily, until sea conditions improve.
Ships will starting moving again today, and that creates some interesting patterns relating to ship transits, in the aftermath of bad weather. So we’ll talk about that today.
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Stormy weather continues offshore
We got through our odd and threatening forecast yesterday, but while things have calmed down on land, they remain turbulent in the ocean offshore.
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Thunderstorm risk could bring damaging winds and hail to the region
Wendesday’s weather forecast carries the risk of damaging thunderstorms, hail and high winds. It’s an evolving weather situation, and it bears watching. Keep an eye on your weather apps. local radio, weather radio, and other means of checking weather updates. Risk is greatest along the Willamette Valley corridor but some risk also for the coast.
The Columbia River Bar is on Yellow status as of Tuesday evening.
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With spring break upon us, beware spring runoff in the river
It’s spring break and folks will be out enjoying the river. There are a few things to keep in mind when it comes to the Columbia and related waterways, and that includes spring runoff and all it brings: cold water, fast currents and dangerous debris in the river.
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A look at today’s ship schedule
We’ll take a look at who’s coming and going on the river today, and at some of the patterns we see in ships that come here often.
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