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Wednesday, December 21, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
WINTER STORM: More
than a foot-and-a-half
of snow fell
Continued from page 3
By Monday evening,
December 12, forecasters
decided that enough of the
various computer models
were showing a more north-
erly trajectory for the storm.
So, at 6:57 p.m. they issued a
winter storm watch. A watch
means that there is a potential
for heavy snow or significant
ice accumulations. Part of the
forecast that was issued dur-
ing this time read, “…a strong
and wet Pacific system is still
on track to spread precipita-
tion south to north across the
region (Pendleton forecast-
ing region) Wednesday and
Wednesday night. Thus sig-
nificant snow accumulations
look to be possible over a
good portion of the area.”
As more of the mod-
els converged on the same
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solution, the watch was
upgraded to a warning at 2:50
p.m. on December 13. A por-
tion of the forecast issued at
this time stated, “Precipitation
amounts will be highest over
Central Oregon where north-
east to east low-level flow
will result in upslope affects
that will enhance precipitation
development. Thus this area
should see significant snows
between 10 and 20 inches
before precipitation decreases
late Wednesday evening.”
When residents awoke
Thursday morning (December
15), they discovered that the
NWS had pretty much deliv-
ered on its promise of copious
amounts of snow. While offi-
cial snowfall depths in many
communities remain unavail-
able at this writing, several
unofficial measurements were
truly impressive.
Some parts of Bend reg-
istered up to 17 inches of
snow, shattering a one-day
record in December of 13
inches set in 1924. Redmond
picked up at least a foot of the
white stuff which, if it holds
up, would break their pre-
vious one-day total of nine
inches set on New Year’s Eve
1992.
Here in Sisters residents
in the Crossroad and Tollgate
developments reported depths
of about two feet. It’s likely,
however, that measurement
included approximately four
to five inches of snow that
was on the ground previous
to the December 14 storm.
Reports of 17 inches were
common in town. Sisters’
one-day snowfall record
of 16.5 inches occurred in
December 1983.
The Climate Prediction
Center is calling for an equal
chance of above-normal and
below-normal values for both
temperature and precipitation
during the month of January
2017 for Central Oregon.
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season.
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