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Oregon, East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades

Special Statement

Statement as of 4:18 AM PDT on May 24, 2013

Expires 10:00 AM EDT on May 24, 2013


... Late season snow expected to continue at times in the central
Oregon Cascades and in the Blue Mountains this morning...

An unseasonably cold late season weather system will continue to
produce snow at times in the central Oregon Cascades... the Oregon
Cascade east slopes... the northern Blue Mountains and Wallowa
County this morning.

The low pressure system will track across northeast Oregon and
southeast Washington today bringing periods of snow in the higher
elevations of central Oregon and over the Cascade east slopes of
Oregon. Periods of snow can also be expected over the northern
Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington as
well as Wallowa County this morning. Snow levels will start out
around 4000 to 4500 feet and will rise to 5000 to 5500 feet by
this afternoon. Snow accumulations will range from 1 to 3 inches
in these areas this morning above 4000 to 4500 feet.

Use caution when traveling and doing any outdoor activities in
the Cascades... the northern Blue Mountains and Wallowa County
this morning.




208 PM PDT Thu may 23 2013

... Late season snow expected to continue at times in the central
Oregon Cascades into Friday...

An unseasonably cold late season weather system will continue to
produce snow at times in the central Oregon Cascades and east
slopes into Friday.

The low pressure system will track over the region tonight and
early Friday bringing a period of steady precipitation. Snow
levels will be lowering to around 4500 feet with snow accumulations of
3 to 6 inches possible at elevations above 4500 feet. Some
amounts exceeding 6 inches will be possible closer to the Cascade
mountains. Elevations between 4000 and 4500 feet will see a mix or
rain and snow and could see an inch or two of snow.

Use caution when traveling and doing any outdoor activities in
the Cascades tonight and Friday.


208 PM PDT Thu may 23 2013

... Late season snow expected to continue at times in the central
Oregon Cascades into Friday...

An unseasonably cold late season weather system will continue to
produce snow at times in the central Oregon Cascades and east
slopes into Friday.

The low pressure system will track over the region tonight and
early Friday bringing a period of steady precipitation. Snow
levels will be lowering to around 4500 feet with snow accumulations of
3 to 6 inches possible at elevations above 4500 feet. Some
amounts exceeding 6 inches will be possible closer to the Cascade
mountains. Elevations between 4000 and 4500 feet will see a mix or
rain and snow and could see an inch or two of snow.

Use caution when traveling and doing any outdoor activities in
the Cascades tonight and Friday.



Record Report

Statement as of 11:25 PM PDT on May 23, 2013


... New daily record low temperatures for may 23rd...

Note: stations marked with * indicate that the station reports once
per day. For consistency... these values are considered to have
occurred on the day the observation was taken but may have actually
occurred (especially for Max temperature) on the previous day.

Station previous new records
                         record/year record began

*la grande(city), or 30 / 1966 29 1887
Meacham, or 28 / 2007 27 1929
pendleton(arpt), or 35 / 1978 33 1934


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