New Weather Hotline and Research Plans

I will be installing a weather hotline for the McMinnville Weather Center for those around the NW who can call in weather reports and ask questions. The phone I will be using is IP voice over, so it's not long distance. I will post more when I get the phone set up. Now, I have contacted a friend about a research oppertunity for NW Oregon Snowfall. If he agree's, then I will start looking for grants. I will need an abundance of sensors and equipment to observe snowfall and create snow models, gather important data and find a way to better predict snowfall in western oregon. As you all know, snowfall is probally one of the most hardest things to predict in the NW. You have so much that go's into a snowfall, such as climate, orographics, storm track and the gorge outflow. Since we have the pacific influence, we tend to stay warm in winter, so we know we need a good flow of cold air. Ingredients have to be perfect in order to see snow. I'll have more on that later as well.