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22 Wednesday, March 15, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon What a winter we’ve had in Sisters By Ron Thorkildson Correspondent Extreme winter weather battered Central Oregon in December and January, while February brought a respite to its snow-weary and frost- bitten residents. Three-foot snow depths were common in and around the Sisters area during December and January, accompanied by bone-chilling temperatures that plunged below minus-20 degrees Fahrenheit early in January. More moderate weather in February allowed folks to make some progress in clearing away the deep snow, though temperatures still averaged three degrees below normal — but without the bite of another arctic outbreak. Sisters’ data showed that precipitation was a third of an inch below normal, but information supplied by the National Weather Service office in Pendleton indicates February’s precipitation lev- els were at least 150 percent above normal in Deschutes County. Sisters picked up an addi- tional seven inches of snow in Best Vue Blinds PHOTO BY RON THORKILDSON The huge piles of snow that paralyzed traffic in town during December, January, and early February are finally melting away. February. The maximum tem- perature for the month was 55 degrees and the minimum was 13 degrees. According to Marilyn Lohmann, hydrolo- gist at the Pendleton office, the snow pack in the Central Oregon Cascades has a water equivalent 150 percent of normal as of March 9. The early winter La Niña was weak and short-lived. Both the multivariate ENSO Index and the Oceanic Nino Index show a return to El Niño-Southern Oscillation neutral conditions at this time. As most of the piles of snow around town have finally disappeared, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center foresees near normal temper- atures and above normal pre- cipitation levels for March. This forecast was issued on February 28. There is no more cost-effective way to enhance your home for springtime than by springing for new blinds. And Best Vue Blinds is here to help — with quality, ser- vice, and competitive price you just can’t find at a big box store. Best Vue Blinds offers a range of quality products at a variety of price points. They offer a wide variety of win- dow covering materials with a variety of functions — all at competitive prices. The addition of Hunter Douglas gives Best Vue Blinds’ product line the full range of good-better-best. Best Vue Blinds brought Hunter Douglas Products into the showroom last spring. It is probably their most extensive product line due to all the different styles and operating mechanisms available to choose from. Best Vue Blinds knows it’s been a tough winter. If you’ve suffered water damage, they’re here to help. Inquire about help with that — or about spring sales. A division of Lakeview Millworks A&I Manufacturing Visit our showroom in Sisters 141 E. Cascade Ave., #202 SAVE MORE: HunterDouglas Rebate Sale going on now! Save on select items. BestVueBlinds.com 541-588-6201
