Heavy Snow in Washington, January 16 to 17, 2006

Name: Heavy Snow in Washington, January 16 to 17, 2006
Start: 2006-01-16T13:55
End: 2006-01-17T03:11
Location: Washington

January 16 to 17, 2006 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 16, 10:50 AM PST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 10:50 AM PST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1050 AM PST MON JAN 16 2006

UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION

.DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A VERY MOIST WARM FRONT
MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS MORNING.  CURRENT RADAR
IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS PRECIPITATION SPREADING EAST OF THE CASCADES.  AT
THIS TIME...SNOW LEVELS ARE HOVERING AROUND 2000 FEET...WITH MOST
LOCATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON AND SOUTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON SEEING SNOW.  AT THIS TIME...REDMOND IS REPORTING
MODERATE SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES AT A HALF MILE.  IN
SUNRIVER...SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED THAT UP TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...AND THE WEB CAMERA SHOWS AN INCREASE OF 3 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE LAST 3 HOURS.  MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE WARMER
AIR ALOFT WILL MOVE OVER CENTRAL OREGON BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE
SNOW TRANSITIONING TO A RAIN SNOW MIX...AND THEN EVENTUALLY RAIN.
HOWEVER...AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS TRANSITION AND AM
GOING TO UPDATED THE SNOW ADVISORY TO A HEAVY SNOW WARNING.   ALSO
WORRIED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FLOODING THIS EVENING IN
DESCHUTES COUNTY AS THE SNOW TRANSITIONS TO RAIN COMBINED WITH THE
SNOWMELT.  REST OF THE ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS LOOK ON TRACK.  DOING
AT UPDATE AT THIS TIME...FOR THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND ADJUSTING
POPS AND WEATHER IN GENERAL.  PALMER

&&

.AVIATION...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE TODAY WITH MOST
TAF SITES AND TWEB ROUTES BECOMING LIFR/IFR BY EVENING...WHICH WILL
PERSIST OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE TRUE IN AREAS THAT
RECEIVE SNOW OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SUCH AS AT KRDM AND KYKM.
ELSEWHERE THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE PRIMARILY RAIN AND CONDITIONS
MAY BE VFR/MVFR AT TIMES...BUT PREVAILING AS IFR OR LIFR. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE BY AFTERNOON TUESDAY AS THE CURRENT WEATHER SYSTEM
BEGINS TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION. 88

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT  41  38  48  36 /  70  70  60  30
ALW  41  38  51  37 /  70  70  60  30
PSC  38  38  50  37 /  60  60  30  30
YKM  37  31  43  31 /  70  60  30  30
HRI  40  38  49  34 /  70  60  40  30
ELN  33  31  38  30 /  80  60  30  30
RDM  41  34  46  30 /  70  60  50  40
LGD  34  33  40  31 /  60  60  60  40
5J0  37  34  45  27 /  70  60  60  50
DLS  40  37  46  35 /  90  70  60  40

&&

.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR ORZ043.
     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY FOR
     ORZ506.
     SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ORZ504.
     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY FOR
     ORZ502.
     SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ORZ042.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY FOR
     ORZ049.
     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY FOR
     ORZ503.

WA...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY FOR
     WAZ030.
     HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY FOR WAZ501-WAZ502.
     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY FOR WAZ026.

&&

TI:YYG
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 5:53 AM PST, 8 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 16, 11:16 AM PST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1116 AM PST MON JAN 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 AM     SNOW             1 NNW WINLOCK           44.91N 119.89W
01/16/2006  4.0 INCH         WHEELER            OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE EARLY MORNING. ELEVATION 3050
            FT.

&&

JAS

Local storm report, Jan 16, 11:26 AM PST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1126 AM PST MON JAN 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1122 AM     SNOW             1 NNE SUNRIVER          43.89N 121.43W
01/16/2006  5.0 INCH         DESCHUTES          OR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE EARLY MORNING. ELEVATION 4230
            FT.

&&

JAS

Local storm report, Jan 16, 11:56 AM PST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 16, 12:41 PM PST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 16, 12:47 PM PST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, East Slopes of the Southern Cascades

When: January 16, 1:55 PM PST to January 17, 3:11 AM PST
Where: East Slopes of the Southern Cascades forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

6 inches 18NW Appleton; 8 inches 1 NW Glenwood.

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Washington in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Washington, January 2006

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5489046.