Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
445 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

ORZ042-049-050-502-503-505-506-509-201145-
NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-
JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-
445 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
OREGON...NORTH CENTRAL OREGON AND NORTHEAST OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LARGE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. IT WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE
FORECAST AREA WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FROM THE BLUE
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD AND WILL INCLUDE THE DESCHUTES
PLATEAU OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING HOURS AND THEN WILL DISSIPATE
OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE LOW WILL TRACK OFF TO THE NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS BOTH DAYS. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN BLUE
MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO DRIER AND FAIR CONDITIONS. ANOTHER
DISTURBANCE WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY
WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN OREGON MOUNTAINS.

$$

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
536 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

ORZ050-502-503-506-509-WAZ030-520-201245-
WALLOWA COUNTY-NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA...
MEACHAM...TOLLGATE...LONG CREEK...NORTH POWDER...UKIAH...
BROTHERS...PAULINA...PRAIRIE CITY...SENECA...BEND...
CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE...SISTERS...SUNRIVER...
SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT...APPLETON...CLE ELUM...CLIFFDELL...EASTON...
ROSLYN...TROUT LAKE
536 AM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

...COLD AND WET IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...

A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT
OVER WASHINGTON AND OREGON WITH COLDER AIR THAT WILL SPREAD EAST
OF THE CASCADES...WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO NEAR 6500 FEET.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CASCADES...THE
EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS...THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS...THE HIGHER BLUE
MOUNTAINS AND THE STRAWBERRY WILDERNESS. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF
SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 6500 FEET TODAY...TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY.

CAMPERS...HIKERS...AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR COLD AND WET CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS
SNOW IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE 6500 FEET.

$$