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FXUS66 KPDT 271736
AFDPDT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1036 AM PDT MON APR 27 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS
- TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING TO ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK
DISCUSSION
TODAY AND TUESDAY: SATELLITE IMAGERY TONIGHT
SHOWS SCATTERED DECKS OF MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WA AND NORTHEAST OR, WITH VERY LITTLE
SHOWER ACTIVITY NOTED ON REGIONAL RADAR.
TODAY, A WEAK SHORTWAVE UNDER A NORTH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL
DIVE ACROSS THE INLAND PACNW, RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWER CHANCES ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON.
A WEAK THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS AS DEVELOPING SHOWERS TAP INTO A WEAK POOL OF
INSTABILITY DEVELOPING INTO THE AFTERNOON (CAPE <500 J/KG AND
HIGH LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES). TUESDAY, ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION, BUT WILL TRACK ACROSS EASTERN WA INTO
FAR NORTHEAST OR DUE TO UPPER RIDGING PUSHING TOWARDS THE PACNW.
SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE LIMITED THE NORTHERN BLUES AND RIDGES
IN WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE AFTERNOON.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER
THE REGION THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WORK WEEK (CONFIDENCE
70-85%). THIS WILL RESULT IN DRYING AND WARMING CONDITIONS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
WELL ABOVE NORMAL, WITH MID 70S IN THE MID ELEVATIONS (CENTRAL
OR) AND UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: ENSEMBLE CLUSTER GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD
AGREEMENT THAT A POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER TROUGH WILL SLIDE OVER
THE PACNW THROUGH THE WEEKEND, HOWEVER THERE IS DISAGREEMENT ON
THE DEPTH AND POSITION OF THE TROUGH AS IT MOVES INLAND.
REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION, ENSEMBLE CLUSTER SOLUTIONS INDICATE
A SOUTHWEST FLOW INTO THE INLAND PACNW, KEEPING TEMPERATURES
ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND. THE UPPER TROUGH AND SOUTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT WILL ALSO PROMOTE SHOWER CHANCES OVER THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS, WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AS WELL (CONFIDENCE
30-50%). LAWHORN/82
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE 10 KTS OR LESS, EXCEPT AT BDN, RDM AND DLS WHERE
WINDS WILL GUST IN THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING BACK TO 10 KTS OR LESS THIS
EVENING.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
PDT 65 41 66 40 / 20 10 0 0
ALW 66 45 67 44 / 20 10 0 0
PSC 71 43 72 43 / 20 0 0 0
YKM 69 40 70 41 / 10 10 0 0
HRI 69 43 69 41 / 20 0 0 0
ELN 64 40 62 38 / 10 10 0 0
RDM 62 29 64 30 / 0 0 0 0
LGD 59 35 64 40 / 40 10 10 0
GCD 58 32 64 38 / 40 10 10 0
DLS 69 44 66 42 / 0 0 0 0
PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...NONE.
OR...NONE.
DISCUSSION...82
AVIATION...77
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