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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Date Issued: 951 PM PDT FRI JUL 4 2008 Expiration: 715 AM PDT SAT JUL 05 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY, NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES, JOHN DAY BASIN, OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND THE COLUMBIA BASIN THIS EVENING AS A MARINE PUSH MOVES EAST OF THE CASCADES. THIS WILL BRING COOLER AND MORE STABLE AIR INTO THE REGION AND HELP END CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE REGION WILL BE UNDER A MORE STABLE WESTERLY FLOW ON SATURDAY WITH DRYING CONDITIONS. A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW WEEK...WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. 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...EXCEPT THE H IN CURRENTHAZARDS. |