Fire Weather Discussions

From the National Weather Service

Northwest Oregon:

...DRY AND MILD THIS WEEKEND...THEN COOLER WITH THREAT OF RAIN
NEXT WEEK...
.BROADCAST DISCUSSION...LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE
REGION THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...AS DISTRICT REMAINS UNDER HIGH
PRESSURE. HOWEVER...PATTERN SHIFT NEXT WEEK WILL BRING CLOUDS AND
COOLER WEATHER...ALONG WITH SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN.
NO MUCH CHANGE IN OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN. LIGHT TO
MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS INTO THIS
EVENING ON EAST SLOPES OF CASCADES AND THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RIVER
GORGE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT OVER THE PAC NW THIS WEEKEND WITH
LIGHTER WINDS AND BIT WARMER TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY.
- ISSUED: 212 PM PDT FRI MAY 18 2012 - NWS PORTLAND


Southwest Oregon:

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE TODAY. THIS WILL BRING SOME RAIN TO
COASTAL AREAS. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TOO, ESPECIALLY OVER THE INLAND
AND EAST SIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS
IT MOVES INLAND, BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL OCCUR FROM THE WESTERN
COAST TO THE EAST SIDE. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO CAUSE
A THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE COUNTY. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL MOVE IN OVER
THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SOME SHOWERS. DAYTIME HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT LEAST 5-10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. GRADUAL
WARMING AND DRYING SHOULD COMMENCE THIS WEEKEND.
- ISSUED: 709 AM PDT MON MAY 21 2012 - NWS MEDFORD


Northeast Oregon:

LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM FRONT
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BUT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN
CENTRAL OREGON IS LOOKING LESS PROBABLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD ON MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE
REGION. IN CENTRAL OREGON BREEZY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ON
MONDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERY WEATHER AND AREA-WIDE BREEZY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE ON TUESDAY. UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
- ISSUED: 256 PM PDT SUN MAY 20 2012 - NWS PENDLETON


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