Incident continued through the October month. It became contained and controlled on November 5, 2015 at 1045.
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The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
Incident continued through the October month. It became contained and controlled on November 5, 2015 at 1045.
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 Sep 30, 9:02 PM PST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1002 PM PDT WED SEP 30 2015 UPDATED THE AVIATION DISCUSSION .UPDATE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE N CA COAST WAS PUMPING MOISTURE INTO THE WESTERN UNITED STATES THIS EVENING AND SOME OF THE CLOUDS WERE DRIFTING INTO OUR CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES. THE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND THE SKY CONDITIONS WERE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT THIS ALONG WITH TEMPS. DESPITE THE CLOUDS OUR DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK FOR NOW. HOWEVER THE CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING AND A FEW SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP MAINLY OVER AND NEAR THE JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. && .AVIATION...DESPITE SOME MID AND HIGH LEVELS CLOUDS VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS ACROSS ALL TAF SITES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 215 PM PDT WED SEP 30 2015/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE REGION IS SLOWLY MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AND AN UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST IS PREPARING TO MOVE INLAND. THIS PATTERN IS SPREADING SOME HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW IS ALREADY PRODUCING SOME RAIN OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WHICH WILL BEGIN MOVING NORTH OVERNIGHT INTO SOUTHERN OREGON. SOME OF THIS RAIN WILL REACH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN OREGON MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY AND EVENING. BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THE CLOSED LOW WILL BE OVER NORTHERN UTAH WITH THE MOISTURE OVER EASTERN OREGON MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AND PRECIPITATION ENDING. A SECOND CLOSED LOW WILL BE DROPPING SOUTH ALONG THE CANADIAN COAST AND BE NEAR VANCOUVER ISLAND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH AND BE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WE WILL SEE AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS THIS LOW PASSES. LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT WEDNESDAY...UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH AND PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST...WITH HIGHER CHANCES OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OR MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF WA/OR OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHEAST STILL LOOK FAVORABLE. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS (20+MPH) LOOK TO BE NORTH OF THE WALLA WALLA...TRI CITIES...YAKIMA LINE...WITH SUSTAINED 10-20MPH SOUTH OF THE LINE. WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY TAPER OFF OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND WILL LIKELY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED...AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN AND REMAIN THROUGH MIDWEEK. WEBER && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 47 71 50 72 / 0 0 10 0 ALW 51 73 54 75 / 0 0 10 0 PSC 45 78 50 77 / 0 0 0 0 YKM 44 78 47 77 / 0 0 0 0 HRI 45 77 51 76 / 0 0 0 0 ELN 42 77 49 72 / 0 0 0 0 RDM 37 71 36 71 / 0 10 0 0 LGD 44 66 45 71 / 0 20 30 0 GCD 43 63 42 72 / 0 40 30 0 DLS 50 79 54 74 / 0 0 0 0 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 97/97
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Inciweb.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, October 2015
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: 605638.