Well the forecasts leading up to the event had the heaviest deformation over the Monmouth/Dallas/Corvallis area but it moved about 40 miles north at the last moment. We still had like 6 inches but not the 2 feet we should have had with upsloping. Had the temp been a degree colder we would have easily had some 18"
That was one of those weird onshore snow events where the precip get heavy enough to bring the snow to the surface because of the evaporative cooling process. Also happened back in 07-08 in Eugene.
There is plenty of potential for a regional event later this month and into January. At least you get the cold during the backdoor stuff. In N/S events we are in boring southerly flow. Events with a broad and deep trough that digs way down to SoCal are a pretty good indicator of good things for all of us up here.
It sucks more for us to get shut out because at least when we have snow, you still get the cold. When you guys get a lot of snow (like this coming winter will be) we are in boring, southerly flow with 45 degree rain zzzzzzz