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Wednesday, November 22, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
FORECAST: Should
be cool and wet —
but not terribly
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Inge Wells is a Department of Justine attorney living in Camp Sherman.
WELLS: Trust
preserves much land
in Sisters Country
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high school students in chal-
lenging situations. Melissa
received her B.S. in Business
Administration from UC
Berkeley and her M.B.A. from
Harvard Business School.
Melissa has lived in Bend
since 2003 and enjoys hik-
ing, biking, skiing and help-
ing Central Oregon maintain
its incredible quality of life.
“The Land Trust is
very fortunate to have
Melissa and Inge join our
Board of Directors,” said
Executive Director Brad
Chalfant. “Their professional
backgrounds, leadership
skills, commitment to con-
servation, and their ability to
connect us to our local com-
munities adds significant
depth to an already strong
Board. Furthermore, as an
organization that holds and
cares for land forever, we
look to our Board to provide
the long-term guidance that
will help our conservation
projects stand the test of time.
Melissa and Inge will help
continue that long tradition.”
The Deschutes Land Trust
conserves land for wild-
life, scenic views, and local
communities. As Central
Oregon’s only nationally
accredited and locally based
land trust, the Deschutes
Land Trust has protected
more than 8,900 acres since
1995. For more information
on Deschutes Land Trust, call
541-330-0017 or visit www.
deschuteslandtrust.org.
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that time the Oceanic Niño
Index (ONI) was 0.2, mak-
ing the El Niño Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) signal
neutral.
The La Niña watch was
updated on November 9,
declaring that the ONI value
is currently near negative
0.5, putting the ENSO on
the cusp of the expected La
Niña. There is now a 65-75
percent chance that La Niña
conditions will continue at
least through the 2017-18
winter.
The outlooks generally
favor above-average temper-
atures and below-median pre-
cipitation across the southern
tier of the United States, and
below-average temperatures
and above-median precipita-
tion across the northern tier
of the states.
Wintertime La Niñas usu-
ally tip the odds in favor of
cooler and wetter conditions
here in the Pacific Northwest.
The Oregon Chapter of
the American Meteorological
Society held its annual
Winter Weather Forecast
Conference on October
28 at Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry in
Portland. Kyle Dittmer,
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became the first player in
Columbia University wom-
en’s soccer program history
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According to www.
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are expected to be above
normal for the three-month
period, with ample snow in
the Cascades.
Parsons further projects
that, unlike the past two sea-
sons, the second half of win-
ter will be colder than the
first half.
The Climate Prediction
Center’s revised outlooks
with regard to temperature
and precipitation came out on
November 16. For the three-
month period December
through February, there is a
70 percent chance of below-
normal temperatures in west-
ern Washington extending
into extreme northwestern
Oregon. Odds for cold tem-
peratures fall to 55 percent in
Central Oregon.
There’s a 55 percent
chance of above-normal
precipitation levels in
Washington and northeast
of a line extending from
about Astoria to southeast-
ern Oregon. The remainder
of Oregon stands an equal
chance of getting greater,
less or normal amounts of
precipitation.
For access to these
charts, visit http://www.cpc.
ncep.noaa.gov/products/
predictions/long_range/two_
class.php.
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Tribal Fish Commission in
Portland, gave his outlook for
the period December through
February. Temperatures
should be slightly cooler
than normal in December
and much cooler in February,
but a shade above normal
in January. Precipitation is
expected to be normal in
December and February,
slightly above average in
January.
Rod Hill, meteorologist
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be cold in December and
February, slightly above nor-
mal in January. He thinks
precipitation totals for the
three-month period will be
normal at best, and wouldn’t
be surprised if it turned out
on the dry side.
Though not in atten-
dance at the conference in
Portland, Pete Parsons of
the Oregon Department of
Forestry has issued his own
forecast for the three-month
period November through
January. Parsons anticipates
temperatures in November
and December to come
in somewhat above aver-
age, colder than normal in
January. Precipitation levels
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