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Area Forecast Discussion

Forecast Discussion for PDT NWS Office
000
FXUS66 KPDT 190930
AFDPDT

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
230 AM PDT Tue Mar 19 2024

.SHORT TERM...
Today through Thursday night...
A large ridge of high pressure will remain over the Pacific
Northwest for one more day. This ridge will bring dry and
unseasonably warm, and possibly record breaking high temperatures
once again. Today looks to be the warmest day of the stretch of
warm weather.

The ridge will move southward tonight as southwesterly flow
develops in advance of low pressure and a trough that will
approach the coast. The low will weaken, but the trough will move
onshore along the Oregon coast later Wednesday, bringing a chance
of precipitation mainly to the mountains. Precipitation chances
will continue into Thursday, as the flow becomes more zonal and
the trough exits the area. However, by later Thursday into early
Friday, precipitation chances should decrease. Most locations
outside of the mountains will remain dry, however, there is about
a 30% chance of rain along the Blue Mountain Foothills Wednesday
night into Thursday.

As the trough moves onshore on Wednesday, there will be some
instability, mainly in the afternoon and early evening from
Pendleton south and eastward. There are several hundred J/kg of
CAPE and LI values do make it as low as -1.5 to -2 degrees C. So
there is at least some chance of thunder.

Wednesday afternoon also looks a bit breezy, with winds gusting as
high as 25 to 30 mph, especially in portions of the Columbia
Basin and Simcoe Highlands but latest guidance is not as strong
and widespread as previous. Breezy conditions will continue into
Thursday.

Finally, as far as today`s high temperatures go, most locations
will be in the 70s, with many areas in the mid to possibly even
upper 70s in the Columbia Basin. The ECWMF EFI has virtually our
whole area in 0.8 to 0.9 for high temperature anomaly today. with
portions of eastern Oregon in 0.9 to 0.95. There are several ECMWF
ensemble members as high as 78/79 in the Columbia Basin, though
the GFS ensemble members do not get that high. These temperatures
These temperatures are approaching 20 degrees above normal.

High temperatures on Wednesday will be cooler but still very warm,
with highs ranging from the mid 609s to the lower 70s. These
temperatures are still about 10 degrees above normal. The ECMWF
EFI still has a large area of 0.8 to 0.9 across the region for
high temperatures.

By Thursday, temperatures cool down a bit more and will generally
be in the low to mid 60s in most areas with upper 60s in the
Columbia Basin.

Overnight lows will mainly be in the 40s tonight then in the 30s
and 40s Wednesday night and Thursday night.


.LONG TERM...
Friday through Tuesday...The long term will be characterized by a
pattern shift that will bring active weather back to the area.
The upper level ridge will be mostly to the east as an upper level
low begins to make its way onshore. As this upper level low
traverses over the Cascades, there will be an increase in winds
and with the cold air advection moving in along with it, will
drive the snow levels down steadily through the period. Widespread
rain will also be associated with this pattern shift with cooler
temperatures and upper elevation snow.

Even with the synoptic changes and the increase in winds, rain and
snow, the only potential for highlights will be for hydro concerns.
With that said, the RFC forecast for the rivers shows that John Day
River at Service Creek and the Naches River at Cliffdell will see a
rise to at or just over action stage by Sunday with all the incoming
rain in the forecast. This will continue to be monitored through
the period.

Friday the models are in firm agreement with the leading edge of the
upper level low being onshore and along the Cascades. The primary
variance within the model ensembles is with the amplitude of the
low. However, all models clearly show precipitation will accompany
the system beginning along the Cascades before becoming widespread
by Friday late afternoon. NBM shows the snow levels to hover between
4900 to 5500 ft on Friday so any precipitation below that will fall
as rain. Raw ensembles show 30-60% probabilities of up to 0.05
inches of rain along the Cascades and east slopes and hedging
towards the western portion of the Basin with 40-60% showing a
dusting of 0.01 inches of snow above 5000 ft. As for the lower
elevations, the raw ensembles show a 40-60% chance of greater than
0.05 inches of rain through Bend/Redmond and along the lower
elevations across the east. Southwest flow aloft from the system
will mix down bringing breezy conditions in the afternoon across
central OR and across the eastern mountains. Models continue to show
widespread rain across the entire region again through Saturday. 80-
90% of the raw ensembles show an additional 0.1 to 0.25 inches of
rain through the lower elevations, near 0.5-0.6 inches through the
higher elevations and a slight rain shadow leaving only 0.1-0.15
inches through the Basin and 0.04 inches through central OR. Snow
levels will decrease slightly ranging between 3000 to 3900 ft
Saturday with 60% of the raw ensembles in agreement that higher
elevations will see between 0.50-1 inch of snow across the Cascades
and even less across the eastern mountains. Westerly winds will also
pick up Saturday afternoon across the majority of the  region before
decreasing overnight.

Saturday night through Monday the models begin to differentiate from
one another but, the general flow remains mostly the same with
generally NNW flow aloft. With this, cooler air will be ushered
across the forecast period dropping the snow levels across the
region to 2600 to 3000 ft. Many of the models show that there will
continue to be precipitation however, the majority of the
precipitation will be along the higher terrains. NBM shows only 10-
20% chances of precipitation through the Basin, 30-60% shows near
0.04 inches along the foothills of the Blues and along the eastern
slopes of the Cascades. Above 2600 ft, 50-70% of the ensembles show
the Cascades will see between 1 to 2 inches of snow while the
eastern mountains have a 30-60% probability of 0.1 inches with of
course higher amounts above 2600 ft. Tuesday the models are in a bit
of disarray however, the NBM shows the region to continue to be
under a wet pattern with PoPs decreasing from the previous days.

Temperatures will remain above normal with high EFI of 0.7-0.90,
showing an anomalous event for maximum temperatures within the
forecast area for Thursday. By Friday the majority of the region
will return to near normal temperatures. 70-90% of the raw ensembles
show the Columbia and John Day Basins as well as the foothills to
see temperatures in the low to mid 60s, central OR and the Gorge
will see upper 50s to low 60s while the remainder of the region will
see mid 40s to 50s. These temperatures will decrease slowly through
the period bottoming out Monday but by only 2-5 degrees.
Bennese/90

&&

.AVIATION...
12Z TAFs...VFR conditions currently across all TAF sites and will
remain as such through the forecast period. CIGs will be
primarily SKC with winds below 10kts with the exception of DLS
having breezy conditions near 23Z of 15G24kts lasting through 03Z.
Bennese/90

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT  73  44  67  42 /   0   0   0  20
ALW  76  49  70  47 /   0   0   0  30
PSC  77  46  72  47 /   0   0   0  10
YKM  76  40  69  39 /   0   0   0   0
HRI  77  46  71  45 /   0   0   0  10
ELN  73  41  65  40 /   0   0   0   0
RDM  72  38  65  38 /   0   0   0  10
LGD  70  41  68  41 /   0   0  10  50
GCD  70  40  67  39 /   0   0  10  30
DLS  75  46  65  46 /   0   0   0  10

&&

.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...None.
WA...None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...77
LONG TERM....90
AVIATION...90

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