1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 16, 2:30 AM PST, 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 230 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2002 CONCERN WILL BE WITH THE WINDS TODAY ALONG WITH THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. SOME PATCHY FOG WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE BASIN AND WAS AHEAD OF A SYSTEM THAT WAS OFFSHORE. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND TODAY AND INCREASE CLOUD COVER AND PCPN CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL TIGHTEN TO PRODUCE A BREEZY TO WINDY DAY AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BASIN. RAIN CHANCES ALONG WITH HIGHER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WESTERLY UPSLOPE ALONG THE CASCADES AND A FAVORABLE REGION OF THE UPPER LEVEL JET MAY PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG THE CREST AND ROUGHLY ONE TO FOUR INCHES MAY FALL IN THIS AREA TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND THE BREEZY TO WINDY SW WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE ETA MOVES DRIER AIR INTO THE AREA WHILE THE SLOWER AVN LINGERS MOISTURE THRU TOMORROW AND I WILL KEEP PCPN IN THE FORECAST BUT TONE DOWN THE POPS SOME FOR THE BASIN. A PARTLY CLOUDY SUNDAY NIGHT WILL GIVE WAY TO CLOUDS AND INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ONCE AGAIN AS ANOTHER SYSTEM PLUNGES SOUTH FROM CANADA AND ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY. THEREFORE I WILL INTRODUCE POPS FOR THE AREA MOUNTAINS SUCH AS THE CASCADES...BLUE AND WALLOWAS. EXTENDED...JET STREAM WILL REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...KEEPING THE MAIN STORM TRACK NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WAVE WILL MOVE OVER THE RIDGE LATE ON THURSDAY FOR A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. RIDGE THEN REBUILDS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. JR PDT 242 ALW 242 PSC 242 YKM 442 .KPDT...NONE.
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-161400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST FRI NOV 15 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON .DAY ONE... TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MORNING FOG ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL GIVE WAY TO A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL TIGHTEN ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING A WINDY SATURDAY. SOME BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE BEFORE RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA LATER IN THE DAY. THE RAIN WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA AND TURN THE RAIN OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4500 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA MONDAY WITH MINIMAL RAIN CHANCES INTO MIDWEEK BEFORE ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds blew down numerous tree branches in the Union area. In addition, a 14 inch diameter tree broke in half five miles north of Ladd Canyon rest stop.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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