Alert archive / Oregon / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 5, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this high wind watch at Nov 30, 2012, 1:59 PM PST for 11 counties in Oregon. It took effect at Dec 1, 2012, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2012, 1:59 PM PST (21:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2012, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2012, 4:07 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Crook County, OR, Deschutes County, OR, Gilliam County, OR, Grant County, OR, Jefferson County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR, Wallowa County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Wheeler County, OR
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 260 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
114 WWUS76 KPDT 302159 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 159 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS OREGON INTO WASHINGTON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS TO PORTIONS OF OREGON. ORZ509-010600- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0039.121201T0300Z-121201T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 159 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM PST SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT THEN DIMINISH BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER AND OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-503-505-506-010600- /O.NEW.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY-SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN- OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA... LONG CREEK...UKIAH...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL...MONUMENT... SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 159 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG LATE SATURDAY EVENING...PEAKING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER AND OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
5 follow-up statements
320 WWUS76 KPDT 010541 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 941 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS OREGON INTO WASHINGTON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS TO PORTIONS OF OREGON. ORZ509-011400- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121201T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 941 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER AND OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-503-505-506-011400- /O.CON.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY-SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN- OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA... LONG CREEK...UKIAH...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL...MONUMENT... SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 941 PM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG LATE SATURDAY EVENING...PEAKING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER AND OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
249 WWUS76 KPDT 011243 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 443 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS OREGON INTO WASHINGTON TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS TO PORTIONS OF OREGON. ORZ509-012300- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121201T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 443 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND SUNRISE. WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE AGAIN THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING. TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER AND OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-503-505-506-012300- /O.CON.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY-SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN- OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA... LONG CREEK...UKIAH...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL...MONUMENT... SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 443 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG LATE THIS EVENING AND PEAKING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER AND OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
958 WWUS76 KPDT 011346 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 546 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS OREGON INTO WASHINGTON TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS TO PORTIONS OF OREGON. ORZ509-012300- /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121201T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 546 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY SPEEDS EARLY THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER AND OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ050-503-505-506-012300- /O.CON.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY-SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN- OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA... LONG CREEK...UKIAH...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL...MONUMENT... SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 546 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG LATE THIS EVENING AND PEAKING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER AND OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
090 WWUS76 KPDT 012213 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 213 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS OREGON INTO WASHINGTON TONIGHT AND SUNDAY BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO OREGON. ORZ050-020615- /O.UPG.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.HW.W.0006.121202T0300Z-121202T2100Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 213 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR WALLOWA COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG LATE THIS EVENING...PEAKING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 10 AM SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 40 MPH OR GREATER WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THESE WINDS CAN EASILY TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR FLYING DEBRIS. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-020615- /O.UPG.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0040.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 213 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-508-WAZ027>029-020615- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0040.121202T1500Z-121203T0600Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-YAKIMA VALLEY- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL...NACHES... SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 213 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN...FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS...AND THE YAKIMA VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL START IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY AND SPREAD EAST BEHIND THE FRONT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ503-505-506-020615- /O.CON.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO- JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG CREEK...UKIAH...DAYVILLE... JOHN DAY...MITCHELL...MONUMENT...SPRAY...BROTHERS...PAULINA... PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 213 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS...JOHN DAY BASIN...AND THE OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG LATE THIS EVENING...PEAKING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER AND OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
894 WWUS76 KPDT 020007 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 407 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS OREGON AND WASHINGTON TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY BRINGING STRONG WINDS CONDITIONS TO SEVERAL AREAS. ORZ503-506-020115- /O.CAN.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG CREEK...UKIAH...BROTHERS... PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA 407 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. WINDS WILL BE STRONG BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED ABOVE 40MPH. $$ ORZ050-020815- /O.CON.KPDT.HW.W.0006.121202T0300Z-121202T2100Z/ WALLOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA 407 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST SUNDAY. * TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG LATE THIS EVENING...PEAKING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 10 AM SUNDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 40 MPH OR GREATER WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THESE WINDS CAN EASILY TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR FLYING DEBRIS. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ505-020815- /O.UPG.KPDT.HW.A.0005.121202T0600Z-121202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KPDT.WI.Y.0040.121202T1500Z-121203T0600Z/ JOHN DAY BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYVILLE...JOHN DAY...MITCHELL... MONUMENT...SPRAY 407 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PICK UP WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY MORNING AFTER 7 AM. * WINDS: WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ041-042-WAZ024-521-020815- /O.EXA.KPDT.WI.Y.0040.121202T1500Z-121203T0600Z/ EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...THE DALLES...DUFUR... MADRAS...MAUPIN...MORO...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND...WHITE SALMON... BICKLETON...GOLDENDALE 407 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ509-020815- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0040.121202T0300Z-121202T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...SUNRIVER 407 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$ ORZ044-507-508-WAZ027>029-020815- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0040.121202T1500Z-121203T0600Z/ LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-YAKIMA VALLEY- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOARDMAN...HERMISTON...IONE... PENDLETON...PILOT ROCK...HEPPNER...CONDON...FOSSIL...NACHES... SUNNYSIDE...TOPPENISH...YAKIMA...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES... DAYTON...WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA 407 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL START IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY AND SPREAD EAST BEHIND THE FRONT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 30 AND 39 MPH OR GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Nov 30, 9:20 AM PST, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 9:20 AM PST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 920 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012 .UPDATE...SHOWERS HAVE DECREASED OVER MOST OF THE CWA AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO IDAHO THIS MORNING. LOWERED POPS FOR THE REST OF TODAY EXCEPT IN THE MOUNTAINS SINCE THERE WILL BE A BREAK UNTIL THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES IN TONIGHT. PATCHY FOG REDEVELOPED ACROSS THE BASIN AGAIN BEHIND THE FRONT. EXPECT THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK THE COLD POOL THOUGH IT PROBABLY WILL BRIEFLY DISTURB THE FOG/STRATUS. THE SYSTEM ON SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. AVIATION...18Z TAFS...A FEW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MOUNTAIN AREAS TODAY AND WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AGAIN TONIGHT AS ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE PUSHES INLAND. IFR AND SOME MVFR CEILINGS IN FOG WILL INCREASE TO VFR THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTH WINDS INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION. SOUTH WINDS WILL MIX DOWN AREA WIDE TODAY WITH SOME SITES 10-20 KTS. 93 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THE WET AND UNSETTLED PROGRESSIVE FLOW WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES OVER THE REGION WITH ONE PACIFIC STORM AFTER ANOTHER. CURRENTLY ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS IS MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST BUT THERE IS STILL SOME RAIN SHOWERS OVER AND JUST EAST OF THE CASCADES. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE NOT TOO GREAT. THERE WILL BE A SHORT BREAK LATER TODAY BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM QUICKLY MOVES IN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN. AS WITH THE CURRENT WEATHER SYSTEM PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE LIGHT AS MOST OF THE MOISTURE GETS WRUNG OUT OVER THE CASCADES IN A SOUTHWEST FLOW. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SHORT BREAK ON SATURDAY BEFORE A MUCH STRONGER AND WETTER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA WITH A WELL DEFINED WARM AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER THE FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AS A RESULT SNOW LEVELS WILL STILL BE QUITE HIGH...BUT LOWERING FROM PREVIOUS DAYS FROM WEST TO EAST. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY TO WINDY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH LESS WIND IN THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. DOWNSLOPE WINDS OFF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL KEEP THE FOOTHILLS MILD AND DRIER THAN THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS IS SHOWN WELL BY THE GFS40 AND NAM12 MODEL QPF AMOUNTS. HOWEVER THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND COMBINE WITH SNOW MELT FROM WHAT LITTLE SNOW THERE IS TO CAUSE RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS FLOWING OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME ANY FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WITH MAX READINGS IN THE 40S TO MID 50S...EXCEPT COOLER IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON CASCADES. 88 LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION. RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BUT AS SNOW LEVELS LOWER THROUGH THE DAY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE ABOVE 3000 FEET IN THE CASCADES BY EVENING. IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS THAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH INLAND ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY BRINGING MORE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO PROGRESSIVE WESTERLY ONSHORE FLOW. SOME DRYING MAY OCCUR ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IF THE MODELS ARE CORRECT IN BUILDING A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC. YET HAVE LEFT SOME PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST WITH HIGHER CHANCES IN THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO UNCERTAINTY. TRIMARCO && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 53 42 54 42 / 50 60 50 80 ALW 54 44 53 44 / 50 70 50 80 PSC 49 44 55 44 / 40 40 40 80 YKM 47 37 49 37 / 40 40 40 80 HRI 50 42 55 42 / 40 50 40 80 ELN 46 37 46 37 / 50 50 40 80 RDM 51 37 50 37 / 50 50 60 90 LGD 50 42 50 42 / 50 60 70 90 GCD 52 40 51 40 / 60 40 70 90 DLS 51 43 53 43 / 60 60 60 90 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && THREAT INDEX TODAY : GREEN SATURDAY : GREEN SUNDAY : YELLOW GREEN: NONE OR LIMITED NEED FOR WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES. YELLOW: A FEW WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT. RED: NUMEROUS WATCHES, WARNINGS, OR ADVISORIES POSSIBLE OR IN EFFECT. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 76/93/93
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 5:00 AM PST, 8 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
500 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012
ORZ041-042-044-049-050-502-503-505>509-WAZ024-026>030-520-521-
011215-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-
JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-
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 OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS-
500 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL EXIT THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING.
BEHIND IT THERE WILL BE A SHORT BREAK THOUGH THERE WILL STILL BE
SOME RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS TODAY. ANOTHER WEATHER
SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AND FORECAST AREA AGAIN TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
STRONG WIND SUNDAY
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES, SIMCOE 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
OF WASHINGTON, EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON, NORTH
CENTRAL OREGON, EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES, LOWER
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY,
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, NORTHERN
BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON,
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, JOHN DAY
BASIN, OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS
A MUCH STRONGER AND WETTER PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
ON SUNDAY BRINGING POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND
HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW. THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT WINDS COULD EXCEED
ADVISORY OR EVEN WARNING SPEEDS IN MANY AREAS ON SUNDAY. KEEP ALERT
TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND FORECASTS AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS.
THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED AND WET AS MORE
PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEMS CROSS THE REGION THOUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 1:59 PM PST | Wind Advisory | PDT | Deschutes, Jefferson, Wasco | 16 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Deschutes, Jefferson, Wasco | 23 hr |
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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.