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High Wind in Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Oregon
High Wind October 24, 2021 · Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Oregon
What the National Weather Service wrote
A COOP observer 1 mile NW of Heppner, OR measured a wind gust of 67 mph at 0900 PDT. A Facebook report from the town of Heppner indicated that several trees were downed by strong winds in the area.
The wider storm
A deep Pacific low pressure system that passed to the northwest of the forecast area on Oct. 24th created a tight and strong surface pressure gradient across the eastern mountains of OR and far southeast WA as well as a strong 850mb jet across the region. This in turn led to strong winds mixing down into north facing foothill locations in eastern OR and WA.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 991016. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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