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High Wind in Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Oregon
High Wind January 12, 2023 – January 13, 2023 · Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Oregon
What the National Weather Service wrote
The mesonet station OD184 measured a gust of 74 mph at 0800 PM January 12th and the mesonet station AS881 measured a gust of 66 mph at 0445 AM January 12th.
The wider storm
A departing ridge of high pressure and the arrival of a warm-frontal boundary caused a tight surface pressure gradient to develop across the Blue Mountains and strong down-sloping winds.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1078770. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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