310  
FXUS66 KPDT 080645  
AFDPDT  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
1145 PM PDT MON JUL 7 2025  
   
SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
 
HEAT AND MOUNTAIN  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MAIN STORY OF THE FORECAST THROUGH THE  
MIDWEEK AS THE PACNW FINDS ITSELF WEDGED BETWEEN A RIDGE AXIS TO  
THE NORTH AND A CUTOFF LOW TO THE SOUTH, CURRENTLY CENTERED OFF  
THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS LOW WILL GRADUALLY LIFT UP  
THROUGH OUR FORECAST AREA, MAKING FOR AN UPTICK IN WINDS TUESDAY  
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, AS WELL AS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS  
THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON, THUS MAKING FOR  
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISKS.  
 
TODAY WILL BE QUIET, WITH DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS PREVAILING,  
BEFORE TEMPS BEGIN THEIR REAL SURGE ON TUESDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY  
IS IN EFFECT ON TUESDAY FOR THE LOWER BASIN AND ADJACENT VALLEYS,  
AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AS HIGH AS 105 DEGREES IN  
SOME AREAS, NAMELY THE WA LOWER BASIN. TEMPS WILL FALL OFF AS  
SOON AS THE DRY FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH  
TUESDAY EVENING, BUT THIS FRONT WILL ALSO KICK OFF CONVECTIVE  
ACTIVITY ACROSS CENTRAL OREGON AROUND THE SAME TIME, GRADUALLY  
SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY. HAVE UPGRADED THE  
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR OUR CENTRAL OREGON ZONES INTO A RED FLAG  
WARNING AS A RESULT, AS CAMS CONTINUE TO CONSISTENTLY PICK UP ON  
THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT FOR THE AREA. ALSO INCLUDED OR696 IN THE  
RFW AS WELL, SINCE CAMS SEEM TO BE TRENDING STORM ACTIVITY MORE  
AND MORE NORTHEASTWARD. LACK OF QPF COVERAGE ACROSS GUIDANCE  
FURTHER INCREASES CONFIDENCE IN DRY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
STORM ACTIVITY IS NOT QUITE AS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN  
MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, SO HELD OFF ON ANY FIRE  
WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR THOSE ZONES, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE LACK OF NEW  
FIRE STARTS FOR THE AREA DESPITE THE PERSISTENT STORM ACTIVITY  
THERE OVER THE LAST WEEK. CONCERN INSTEAD SHIFTS TOWARD THE  
BASIN, AS WINDS WILL PICK UP AS MENTIONED BEFORE WITH THE FRONTAL  
PASSAGE. WHILE RHS WILL BE BONE DRY ON TUESDAY, WINDS DON'T REALLY  
START TO PICK UP UNTIL THE EVENING, LEAVING WEDNESDAY AS THE MAIN  
POTENTIAL CRITICAL DAY. RHS INCREASE WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE,  
BUT MODELS ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT IN WEDNESDAY BEING A BLUSTERY DAY,  
WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS UP TO AND OVER 30 MPH. HAVE ISSUED A FIRE  
WEATHER WATCH FOR BOTH THE OR AND WA BASIN ZONES AS A RESULT.  
WA690 IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY IS BORDERLINE, BUT WITH RHS  
FORECASTED TO BE IN THE 30S UP THERE, AM LESS CONFIDENT ABOUT FIRE  
WEATHER HEADLINES FOR THE ZONE AT THIS TIME. EVANS/74  
 

 
   
LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY
 
ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE  
GENERALLY POINTS TOWARD A BENIGN PATTERN AFTER WEDNESDAY. ONCE THE  
UPPER-LEVEL LOW LIFTS OUT OF THE REGION, ENSEMBLE CLUSTERS  
GENERALLY WAVER BETWEEN A LIGHT NW FLOW OR ZONAL PATTERN, WHICH  
WOULD YIELD DRY AND GRADUALLY WARMING CONDITIONS THROUGH NEXT  
WEEKEND. WINDS LOOK TO BE RELATIVELY LIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE CASCADE  
GAPS, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THEIR USUAL BREEZINESS, EXCEPT FOR  
THE KITTITAS VALLEY, WHERE A NW FLOW PATTERN COULD PERHAPS  
GENERATE STRONGER GUSTS. SENSIBLE WEATHER THREATS ARE OTHERWISE  
LIMITED UNDER THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE CURRENTLY  
DEPICTS. EVANS/74  
 

 
   
AVIATION...06Z TAFS
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR ALL SITES  
THROUGH THE VALID PERIOD. THAT SAID, BDN/RDM HAVE A LOW CHANCE OF  
SUB-VFR CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS  
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY  
BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG, GUSTY, AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO  
50 KTS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SO INCLUDED MENTION OF TS IN  
PROB30 GROUPS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING  
FOR ALL SITES, ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAREST THE CASCADE GAPS.  
PLUNKETT/86  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
PDT 64 101 65 90 / 0 0 10 0  
ALW 69 101 68 91 / 0 0 10 0  
PSC 63 103 65 94 / 0 0 0 0  
YKM 64 101 63 90 / 0 0 0 0  
HRI 64 104 68 93 / 0 0 10 0  
ELN 64 97 65 82 / 0 0 0 0  
RDM 54 96 52 86 / 0 20 10 0  
LGD 61 98 61 88 / 0 20 20 0  
GCD 61 100 57 89 / 0 20 20 20  
DLS 66 96 66 84 / 0 0 0 0  
 

 
   
PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
OR...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY  
EVENING FOR ORZ691.  
 
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ORZ044-507.  
 
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR ORZ696-700-  
705.  
 
WA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY  
EVENING FOR WAZ691.  
 
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR WAZ027>029.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...74  
LONG TERM....74  
AVIATION...86  
 
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