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 Nov 27, 9:15 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
915 PM PST THU NOV 27 2003
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...A MOIST PACIFIC
WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHING THE COAST WILL DELIVER MOISTURE AND
PRECIPITATION TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 18 TO 30
HOURS.
AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE GRANDE
RONDE VALLEY WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND REMAIN TIGHT ON FRIDAY...
WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ALSO DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN WALLOWA
COUNTY ON FRIDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GRANDE
RONDE VALLEY FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH
WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WALLOWA COUNTY EFFECTIVE FRIDAY
MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST WINDS IN WALLOWA
COUNTY ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE WALLOWA VALLEY NEAR
JOSEPH...ENTERPRISE...WALLOWA...LOSTINE AND WALLOWA LAKE. BREEZY
WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY.
A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN OREGON AND SOUTHEAST
WASHINGTON LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY ON FRIDAY. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MID
LEVEL MOISTURE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...WHICH WILL
RESULT IN MUCH WARMER OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION
WILL MOVE TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES AS WELL AS THE YAKIMA
AND KITTITAS VALLEYS IN THE PREDAWN HOURS ON FRIDAY. COLD AIR
TRAPPED IN ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES
AS WELL AS IN THE YAKIMA AND KITTITAS VALLEYS WILL RESULT IN A MIX
OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ALONG
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES AND IN THE
KITTITAS AND YAKIMA VALLEYS WILL CHANGE TO RAIN FRIDAY MORNING AS
THE SNOW LEVEL RISES ABOVE 5000 FEET.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR RAIN
SHOWERS. THE SNOW LEVEL IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL LOWER TO 4500
FEET LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. OROGRAPHIC SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
SATURDAY MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON.
DRY CONDITIONS WILL SET IN BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE NORTHERN BRANCH OF THE JET STREAM
AND A FLAT HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVE OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. POLAN
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PENDLETON (AIRPORT) 38 58 38 44 / 10 30 40 10
WALLA WALLA 38 59 39 45 / 10 30 40 10
TRI-CITIES 37 56 39 45 / 10 30 30 10
YAKIMA 32 48 30 45 / 20 30 30 10
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR THE GRANDE RONDE
VALLEY (OREGON ZONE 49).
HIGH WIND WATCH ON FRIDAY FOR WALLOWA COUNTY (OREGON ZONE 50).
WA...NONE.
&&
86ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-281245- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 300 PM PST THU NOV 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A PLEASANT HOLIDAY IS IN STORE WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY BREEZY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY A MOIST WARM FRONT MOVING ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL BRING SNOW ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD EAST OF THE CASCADES FRIDAY WITH RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW EXPECTED. SNOW LEVELS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 5500 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL TIGHTEN FOR WINDY CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND ON FRIDAY. HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THUS...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN WALLOWA COUNTY ON FRIDAY AS WELL...RESULTING IN A HIGH WIND WATCH. REFER TO PDXNPWPDT WWUS76 KPDT FOR DETAILS. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION ON SATURDAY FOR A DRYING TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ON FRIDAY DUE TO HIGH WINDS. 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.
An automated weather station near the base of Ladd Canyon reported sustained winds to 40 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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