1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 4, 9:15 AM PST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON 915 AM PST THU DEC 4 2003 .SHORT TERM...LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM PRIOR WEATHER SYSTEMS ALONG WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT HAS RESULTED IN PATCHY FREEZING FOG THIS MORNING IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. MOST OF THE FREEZING FOG IS CONCENTRATED NEAR WALLA WALLA WHERE SOME LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS OCCURRING. INCREASING SOLAR INSOLATION THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD ALLOW THE FOG TO DISSIPATE. HAVE ALREADY ISSUED A ZONE UPDATE TO REMOVE PATCHY MORNING FOG IN SEVERAL ZONES. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR TONIGHT IS THE WINTRY MIX EXPECTED IN THE KITTITAS AND YAKIMA VALLEYS...AS WELL AS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES. CURRENT SOUNDINGS SHOW THE PRECIPITATION BEGINNING AS SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THEN TURNING TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. WE WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS IN THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. WOLF && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PENDLETON (AIRPORT) 40 37 47 / 10 50 40 WALLA WALLA 41 41 46 / 10 50 40 TRI-CITIES 41 37 49 / 10 50 40 YAKIMA 37 31 45 / 20 50 40 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && 86
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST THU DEC 4 2003 ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-051300- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE... A WARM FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY PROVIDING A GOOD MECHANISM FOR OVERRUNNING. SOME COLD AIR IS DAMMED UP ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES AND AS THE OVERRUNNING WARM AIR DROPS RAIN DOWN INTO THE TRAPPED COLD AIR...SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS FOR THE YAKIMA VALLEY. LATER TONIGHT...AS THE TEMPERATURES DROPS...FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE KLICKITAT...WASCO...AND SHERMAN COUNTIES AS WELL. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY TODAY AS A VERY FAVORABLE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. RAIN WILL EFFECT MOST OF THE AREA WITH HIGHER ELEVATIONS EXPERIENCE SNOW. SOME OF THE SYSTEMS WILL ALSO BRING BREEZY WINDS TO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several wind gusts between 58-61 MPH were recorded by an automated weather station at the base of Ladd Canyon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5331717.