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64° 45°
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SATURDAY
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64° 38°
69° 52°
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70° 42°
65° 43°
PENDLETON
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LOW
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53°
77° (1916)
34°
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21° (1933)
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Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
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30°
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Mar 20
First
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6:54 p.m.
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Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today.
Plenty of clouds tonight. Cloudy tomorrow
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Cascades: Some sunshine giving way to
clouds today.
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8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
-10s
-0s
showers t-storms
0s
10s
rain
20s
flurries
30s
40s
snow
ice
50s
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Much of the nation will experience temperatures near to above
average today. Rain is in store for areas from the Ohio Valley to the lower mid-Atlantic.
Thunderstorms will crawl eastward across the Gulf Coast.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 90° in Palm Springs, Calif.
Low -3° in Houlton, Maine
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Hi
64
76
48
49
63
75
71
46
79
57
53
49
64
59
48
69
3
55
79
66
53
83
66
77
60
82
Lo
35
58
45
45
38
61
46
39
60
50
36
36
45
30
37
43
-19
27
66
52
39
62
41
52
49
57
W
s
sh
r
r
s
r
s
pc
c
r
pc
c
c
s
pc
s
c
pc
pc
r
r
pc
s
s
r
pc
Hi
67
76
53
60
66
72
62
52
77
57
49
47
70
68
52
71
4
58
76
70
58
82
69
74
66
72
Wed.
Lo
39
63
35
35
42
62
45
31
63
40
31
29
47
35
31
45
-20
42
65
53
35
64
41
53
53
54
W
s
sh
pc
r
pc
r
c
pc
c
r
s
pc
pc
s
pc
s
pc
pc
sh
c
pc
pc
s
c
pc
c
Today
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
Hi
56
63
84
50
59
68
75
49
67
69
51
85
44
45
73
61
70
75
62
63
75
65
61
80
52
72
Lo
49
52
75
34
31
56
63
42
41
35
44
57
35
36
58
30
46
55
44
40
60
55
51
51
49
40
W
r
r
pc
pc
s
r
r
r
pc
s
r
s
s
pc
c
s
pc
pc
r
s
pc
pc
pc
s
r
s
Hi
63
62
85
46
54
63
73
55
73
66
60
87
50
50
76
70
57
63
67
67
71
64
57
84
62
74
Wed.
Lo
43
55
74
32
37
53
64
36
43
39
36
64
28
28
55
39
36
50
41
45
58
53
50
56
40
39
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
W
c
c
pc
s
s
r
r
pc
s
s
pc
pc
pc
pc
c
s
c
sh
s
pc
c
c
sh
pc
r
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