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DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE 1962 COLUMBUS DAY WINDSTORM IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON

ROBERT E. LYNOTT Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oreg.

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OWEN P. CRAMER Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oreg.

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Print Publication:
01 Feb 1966
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1966)094<0105:DAOTCD>2.3.CO;2
Page(s):
105–117
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Abstract

The most destructive windstorm of recorded history in the Pacific Northwest occurred on October 12, 1962. With a method between that of mesoanalysis and ordinary synoptic analysis, detailed reanalysis was made of the structure of the storm over Oregon and Washington, including isobaric patterns and frontal positions at I-hr. intervals. The significant features of the storm are described. Comparison is made with other notable windstorms in the region. The pressure pattern is used to determine location and magnitude of maximum winds.

Present affiliation: Division of Fire Control of the U.S. Forest Service, Region 6, Portland, Oreg.

Present affiliation: Fire Meteorology Project, Forest Fire Laboratory, U.S. Forest Service. Riverside, Calif., stationed at Portland, Oreg.

Abstract

The most destructive windstorm of recorded history in the Pacific Northwest occurred on October 12, 1962. With a method between that of mesoanalysis and ordinary synoptic analysis, detailed reanalysis was made of the structure of the storm over Oregon and Washington, including isobaric patterns and frontal positions at I-hr. intervals. The significant features of the storm are described. Comparison is made with other notable windstorms in the region. The pressure pattern is used to determine location and magnitude of maximum winds.

Present affiliation: Division of Fire Control of the U.S. Forest Service, Region 6, Portland, Oreg.

Present affiliation: Fire Meteorology Project, Forest Fire Laboratory, U.S. Forest Service. Riverside, Calif., stationed at Portland, Oreg.

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