Wildfire in Oregon, July 14 to 16, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
955 PM PDT TUE JUL 13 2004

.SHORT TERM...THERE WAS SOME MINOR SHOWER DEVELOPMENT EARLIER
TONIGHT OVER THE WASHINGTON CASCADES. THIS HAS SINCE DECREASED AND
WILL UPDATE THE ZONES TO CLEAN UP SOME MINOR WORDING.

FOR TOMORROW THE FOCUS WILL BE ON JUST HOW HOT WILL IT GET. THE NEW
MODELS WERE SUGGESTING PDT...ALONG WITH OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
REGION...WILL SOAR ABOVE 100 DEGREES. THIS WILL MARK THE FIRST
TIME THIS YEAR THAT TEMPERATURES WILL REACH TRIPLE DIGITS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PENDLETON (AIRPORT) 61 100  63  96 / 00 00 00 00
WALLA WALLA         63  99  67  95 / 00 00 00 00
TRI-CITIES          57 102  62  98 / 00 00 00 00
YAKIMA              57  99  60  95 / 10 00 00 00
&&

.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...NONE.
WA...NONE.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
310 PM PDT TUE JUL 13 2004

ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-141200-
NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN (OR)-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS (OR)-BLUE MOUNTAINS-JOHN DAY BASIN-
OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE (WA)-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES-KITTITAS VALLEY-YAKIMA VALLEY-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN (WA)-FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS (WA)-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
310 PM PDT TUE JUL 13 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS
     EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON,
     CENTRAL OREGON

THE AIR MASS IS SLIGHTLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON
AND CENTRAL OREGON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS EVENING ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...MAINLY NEAR THE
CREST. THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION WILL BE DRY AND HOT AS A
THERMALLY INDUCED SURFACE LOW REMAINS EAST OF THE CASCADES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY
     EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON,
     CENTRAL OREGON

THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK...AND A FEW DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
MOUNTAINS. ON WEDNESDAY...THE MAIN THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. COOLER AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES
WESTERLY AND COOLER MARINE AIR SPREADS EAST OF THE CASCADES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

PROTOTYPE GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PENDLETON/FORECAST/HWOGRAPHICS/HWOGRAPHICS.PHP

ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE G IN
HWOGRAPHICS AND THE G IN HWOGRAPHICS.PHP.