The Orographic Snow Effect Theory...

I am during an ongoing research project on why McMinnville can be the coldest spot in the Willamette Valley and why we can see more snow events than others in a winter. My theory states that when cold air arrives, it is scraping agsnt the top of the coast range like an ice shaver shaving the ice off your car window. The tall peaks in the coast range gather the cold and cold is heavier so it sinks down and travels down the mountains to pile up near the foothills where McMinnville is located. This would explain why we are colder, a very simple explanantion as I would call it. I am going to do more research to try to prove this and I will post my results on here as soon as I am done. I'll also give a better explanation than what I had to offer in this blog. Very interesting, indeed. Take care!