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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR

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FLUS46 KPDT 091309
HWOPDT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
509 AM PST TUE FEB 9 2010

ORZ041>044-049-050-501>506-WAZ024-026>030-501-502-101315-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-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-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
509 AM PST TUE FEB 9 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

STRATUS CLOUDS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA WITH CONTINUED PATCHY
FOG, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE STRATUS INTERSECTS ELEVATED TERRAIN.
LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON,
MAINLY THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD WITH
SNOW LEVELS GENERALLY 3500-5000 FEET. THERE MAY BE PERIODS WHERE
SNOW LEVELS RISE ABOVE 6000 FEET IN CONJUNCTION WITH MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE CASCADES. RIVER RISES ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS
WEEKEND AND FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

.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/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML

ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE.

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