A quick moving disturbance combined with moist upslope flow produced heavy snow in the Blue Mountains.
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The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
A quick moving disturbance combined with moist upslope flow produced heavy snow in the Blue Mountains.
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 Jan 4, 8:50 AM PST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 850 AM PST THU JAN 4 2007 .SHORT TERM...RECEIVING REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ALONG AND NEAR THE CASCADE CREST OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON. MODEL DATA WAS CONTINUING TO SHOW QPF AMOUNTS ACROSS MOST AREA AND ESPECIALLY IN AREA MTNS SUCH AS MEH ETC TODAY AND HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS THESE AREAS AS WELL TO INCLUDE SNOW ACCUMULATION. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY PREVAIL FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-20 KT FOR MOST AREAS TODAY. EXPECT OCCASIONAL MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION IN PRECIPITATION/CLOUDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 42 30 44 33 / 30 20 10 20 ALW 44 30 43 37 / 30 20 10 20 PSC 45 29 43 36 / 20 10 10 20 YKM 40 25 38 29 / 20 10 20 30 HRI 44 28 43 34 / 20 10 10 20 ELN 37 25 36 30 / 20 20 30 40 RDM 36 20 37 24 / 50 20 10 20 LGD 36 26 33 26 / 50 30 10 30 GCD 37 21 32 21 / 40 20 10 30 DLS 44 32 43 35 / 40 10 20 30 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && TI:GGG FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 97/89
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 520 AM PST THU JAN 4 2007 ORZ041-WAZ024-501-502-026>030-ORZ042>044-049-050-501>506-051315- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON- EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON- KITTITAS VALLEY-YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES-JOHN DAY BASIN- OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- 520 AM PST THU JAN 4 2007 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. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO MAINLY THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A SERIES OF PACIFIC WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A DAILY CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SNOW. .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. GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT: WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PENDLETON/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN CURRENTHAZARDS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotters reported 8 inches of snow at Meacham and 8 inches at Tollgate.
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