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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 446 AM PDT FRI MAY 24 2013 ORZ041-044-049-050-502-503-505>507-WAZ024-026>030-520-521-251200- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO- JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- 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 WASHINGTON CASCADES-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- 446 AM PDT FRI MAY 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON...NORTH CENTRAL OREGON...NORTHEAST OREGON...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...SOUTH WASHINGTON...SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION THERE WILL BE SNOW SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL OREGON...THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND IN WALLOWA COUNTY OREGON WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ABOVE 4000 TO 4500 FEET THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 5000 TO 5500 FEET BY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY LATE SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN EACH DAY SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS. $$
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 418 AM PDT FRI MAY 24 2013 ORZ050-502-509-WAZ030-241900- WALLOWA COUNTY-NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA... MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...BEND...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE...SISTERS... SUNRIVER...SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 418 AM PDT FRI MAY 24 2013 ...LATE SEASON SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT TIMES IN THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING... AN UNSEASONABLY COLD LATE SEASON WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW AT TIMES IN THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...THE OREGON CASCADE EAST SLOPES...THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY THIS MORNING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON TODAY BRINGING PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON AND OVER THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES OF OREGON. PERIODS OF SNOW CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AS WELL AS WALLOWA COUNTY THIS MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 4000 TO 4500 FEET AND WILL RISE TO 5000 TO 5500 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THESE AREAS THIS MORNING ABOVE 4000 TO 4500 FEET. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING AND DOING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE CASCADES...THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY THIS MORNING. $$