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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Pendleton, OR

February 8, 2008Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Feb 8, 2008, 7:03 AM PST for Yakima County, Washington. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2008, 7:03 AM PST (15:03 UTC)
Expired
Feb 8, 2008, 12:08 PM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

County Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 356 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2008-02-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2008-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 428 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
99 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
481 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Feb 7, 2:41 PM PST, 16 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 2:41 PM PST, 16 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 10:30 AM PST, 20 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1030 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

UPDATED TO REMOVE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY FROM STRONG WINDS

ORZ041>044-049-050-501>506-WAZ024-026>030-501-502-081245-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-
CENTRAL OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-
WALLOWA COUNTY-FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES-JOHN DAY BASIN-
OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
1030 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SNOW
     EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON, EAST SLOPES
     OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST BLUE
     MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON

STRONG WIND
     KITTITAS VALLEY, YAKIMA VALLEY, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF
     WASHINGTON, FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON,
     NORTH CENTRAL OREGON, CENTRAL OREGON, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF
     OREGON, FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, NORTHERN
     WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES

PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL REMAIN TIGHT AND PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN TODAY. WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH
ARE EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
PLEASE REFER TO PRODUCT PDXNPWPDT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON
CASCADES AND OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
REDUCING VISIBILITIES. PLEASE REFER TO PRODUCT PDXWSWPDT FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MOST PORTIONS OF THE AREA
DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND WINDY CONDITIONS. ALSO IN AREA MOUNTAINS
WHERE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML

ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN
CURRENTHAZARDS.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.