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 18, 2:40 AM PST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON 240 AM PST TUE NOV 18 2003 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A WARM FRONT MOVED THROUGH OREGON AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION REMAINED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CASCADES. EXPECT SOME LINGERING SHOWER ACTIVITY IN THE BLUES AND WALLOWA MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. OROGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED RAIN SHOWERS WILL ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE CASCADE CREST...BUT DIMINISH RAPIDLY EASTWARD. WITH WARM AIR OVERHEAD...SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW...AND SOME CLEARING TO THE SOUTH TOMORROW...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD ACROSS THE AREA AND SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE WELL ABOVE 6000 FEET. DOWNSLOPE WINDS OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS WILL ALSO INCREASE TEMPERATURES. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL REMAIN TIGHT SO WINDS WILL BE BREEZY TODAY IN MOST AREAS WITH GRANDE RONDE VALLEY WINDS INCREASING DUE TO PRESSURE GRADIENT ORIENTED ALONG THE VALLEY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AND WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND IT. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 2000-3000 FEET BEHIND THE FRONT...AND THEN DECREASE EVEN MORE THURSDAY WHEN A SECONDARY COLD FRONT REINFORCES THE COLD AIR. THE 00/06Z AVN MOVES A SURFACE LOW ALONG THE WASHINGTON-OREGON BORDER. IF THE LOW FOLLOWS THIS PATH THERE MAY BE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...BUT A MINOR CHANGE IN TRAJECTORY WOULD STRONGLY INFLUENCE PRECIPITATION AND HAVE LITTLE CONFIDENCE THAT THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EXCEPT IN HIGHER TERRAIN. COONFIELD .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...UPPER LOW TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND PULL AWAY FROM THE AREA FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY. THUS SHOULD SEE A DECREASING CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. UPPER RIDGE THEN LOOKS TO MOVE OVER PACNW SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY (AT THE LEAST). THUS LOOK FOR MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS. SOME DIFFERENCE ON NEXT SYSTEM FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. MOST SOLUTIONS STILL PREFER IT ARRIVING MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH ONLY THE NEWEST GFS PREFERRING MONDAY. THUS WILL GO WITH THE LATER ARRIVAL. GKH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PENDLETON (AIRPORT) 60 44 52 / 05 05 20 WALLA WALLA 60 46 53 / 05 05 20 TRI-CITIES 61 45 53 / 05 05 20 YAKIMA 58 39 48 / 20 10 30 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && 76
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-181230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 455 AM PST MON NOV 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM MOVES OVER THE REGION. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS REGIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH LOWERING SNOW LEVELS AND WINDY CONDITIONS. CONTINUED COOL AND UNSETTLED INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 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.
A weather spotter ten miles north of Pasco reported a wind gust of 59 MPH. Several mesonet sensors north of Pasco also reported winds exceeding 58 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, November 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: 5335587.