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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
451 AM PDT THU MAY 23 2013

ORZ041-042-050-502-503-505-506-509-WAZ024-026-027-030-520-521-
241200-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-
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-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS-
451 AM PDT THU MAY 23 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

A LARGE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT
AND STEEP TEMPERATURE LAPSE RATES WILL CREATE AN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED AS THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM LINGERS OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY WITH MORE POSSIBLE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE SAME AREAS. ANOTHER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY AND AGAIN
ON WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN.

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