1 heavy snow, 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 Mar 6, 8:50 PM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 850 PM PST THU MAR 6 2003 THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS RELAXING AGAIN THIS EVENING...AND THE WINDS ARE WELL BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HAVE UPDATED THIS EVENINGS ZONES TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS...AND THE REST OF THE FORECAST SEEMS ON TRACK. THE CONDITIONS ARE STILL PRIMED FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES AND IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH IN CENTRAL OREGON AND THE SNOW ADVISORY IN WALLOWA COUNTY. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP THOSE RUNNING THROUGH TOMORROW. PDT 244 ALW 244 PSC 233 YKM 233 .KPDT...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON THROUGH FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE OREGON CASCADES THROUGH FRIDAY... ...A SNOW ADVISORY FOR WALLOWA COUNTY THROUGH FRIDAY...
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-071300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST THU MAR 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON .DAY ONE...TODAY A STRONG WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY. THIS SYTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOUNTAIN SNOW AND HIGH WINDS TO THE AREA. HIGH WIND WARNINGS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. SEE PDXNPWPDT AND PDXWSWPDT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... 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 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Four inches of snow fell nine miles north of Ellensburg.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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