The Central Oregon Helitack Crew
Briefing

Weather Extremes
SOURCE
http://www.weather.gov/view/validProds.php?prod=FWF&node=KPDT
FORECAST FOR NE OREGON AND SE WASHINGTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
245 PM PDT SAT SEP 4 2010

...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS MOST AREAS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

DISCUSSION
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS MOVING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH INCREASED WINDS. BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING THEN DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY BUT NOT AS STRONG AS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AS THE COOL UPPER TROUGH IS OVERHEAD. ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH SHOWERS AND CONTINUED COOL TEMPERATURES.

SIZE-UP WORD OF THE DAY
bona fides • \boh-nuh-FYE-deez\  • noun
1 : good faith : sincerity 2 : evidence of one's good faith or genuineness *3 : evidence of one's qualifications or achievements

Example sentence:
If you still have doubts about Rob’s bona fides as a lawyer, you should hear all the good things his past clients have said about him.


CHUCK SAYS
"On his birthday, Chuck Norris randomly selects one lucky child to be thrown into the sun."

WEATHER ZONETEMPRHWINDLALHAINES
ORZ609EAST SLOPES OF NORTH OREGON CASCADES
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADE
67 °F38%WEST 35 MPH13
ORZ610EAST SLOPES OF CENTRAL OREGON CASCADE67 °F32%NORTHWEST 30 MPH13
ORZ611DESCHUTES NATIONAL FORES61 °F28%NORTHWEST 18 MPH13
ORZ630CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF OREGO65 °F27%NORTHWEST 18 MPH13
ORZ631COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTO
72 °F26%WEST 35 MPH13

EXTREMES72 °F26%WEST 35 MPH13