Winter storm approaching Sunday, Winter Storm Warning issued

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Cascades, including the cities of La Pine, Sisters, and Sunriver. All mountain passes will be impacted by as much as 8 - 15" of snow while the lower elevations may see 3 - 5". The snow will begin in the mid-morning time frame of Sunday, and linger into the night. There will be some rain at the beginning of the event, but a transition to snow will occur later in the afternoon as a cold front arrives. Behind the front will be the snow, and due to the rain arriving before the snow, we may see some icy conditions underneath.

The rain will keep the snow totals down from what is being anticipated by the computer models, but that also brings the variable of icy roads. Dangerous Travel tomorrow and Monday due to the slick nature of the roadways. Stay alert, especially on less traveled roads that may not have been treated or tended to.

This is a complicated weather pattern as the region will be in the 50s early in the day Sunday before the front moves through. The warm sector will get pushed away by the front about 3 pm, and that is when the transition to heavy and wet snow begins. It will not be a flash freeze, but more of a gradual transition, but icy conditions still may exist.

Snow is expected to continue off and on into Monday.

Stay Safe and alert.

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