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East Oregonian
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Fire destroys homes in Wenatchee
BRIEFLY
400,000 baby salmon die when
intake plugs on Umpqua River
By NICHOLAS GERANIOS
and DONNA BLANKINSHIP
Associated Press
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U.S. Forest Service firefighters from Leavenworth cut brush Sunday near houses in north-
ern Wenatchee, Wash. A wildfire fueled by high temperatures and strong winds roared
into a central Washington neighborhood, destroying properties and forcing residents of
several hundred homes to flee.
Don Seabrook/The Wenatchee World via AP
A Chelan County Sheriff’s deputy races to check that all
residents have left their home as flames approach houses
Sunday at Quail Hollow Lane in Wenatchee, Wash.
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Sunny; near-record
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100° 66°
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TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
95°
84°
102° (2008)
74°
55°
37° (1898)
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24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
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1.05"
5.00"
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7.56"
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Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
94°
84°
105° (2008)
75°
56°
44° (1964)
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24 hours ending 3 p.m.
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Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
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0.02"
0.58"
3.16"
4.19"
5.69"
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Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
July 1
July 8
New
July 15
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102° 66°
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8:48 p.m.
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Wenatchee
94/65
99/70
Tacoma
Moses
87/55
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 99/66
91/55
73/53
87/54
102/64
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Kennewick Walla Walla
84/56
100/70 Lewiston
102/63
Astoria
99/68
72/54
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
91/62
Pendleton 90/57
The Dalles 101/63
99/62
99/65
La Grande
Salem
92/59
92/59
Albany
Corvallis 93/57
94/57
John Day
93/63
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
102/68
93/55
91/58
Caldwell
Burns
99/65
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Medford
103/68
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Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
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Eastern Washington: Sunshine today. A
moonlit sky tonight. Sunny tomorrow.
Cascades: Very warm today with brilliant
sunshine. A moonlit sky tonight.
Northern California: Mostly sunny today;
an afternoon thunderstorm; however, dry
at the coast.
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London
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Today
Wednesday
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WNW 4-8
NNE 3-6
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UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: Sunny today; partly sunny
and pleasant across the north. Pleasant in
the south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Hot today
with plenty of sunshine. Clear and moonlit
tonight.
Western Washington: Mostly sunny today.
Clear and moonlit tonight. Plenty of sun
tomorrow.
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54
49
58
58
55
57
55
56
63
63
56
59
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68
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68
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62
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WORLD CITIES
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
97/56
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72
91
91
73
95
90
93
95
101
93
97
92
87
103
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10s
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20s
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30s
40s
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ice
50s
60s
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70s
80s
90s
100s
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110s
high
low
National Summary: Drenching showers and locally gusty thunderstorms will frequent the
eastern third of the nation today. Much of the Plains will be dry and warm. Extreme heat
and only spotty storms are in store for the West.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 113° in Needles, Calif.
Low 40° in Leadville, Colo.
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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
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87
80
85
94
88
99
76
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82
78
74
97
93
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75
79
91
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109
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64
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85
Memphis
92
Miami
92
Milwaukee
74
Minneapolis
77
Nashville
87
New Orleans
90
New York City
82
Oklahoma City
97
Omaha
87
Philadelphia
86
Phoenix
110
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74
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81
Raleigh
92
Rapid City
88
Reno
99
Sacramento
106
St. Louis
88
Salt Lake City
99
San Diego
79
San Francisco
75
Seattle
85
Tucson
101
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Wichita
100
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67
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
W
t
t
t
pc
pc
t
t
t
s
s
t
t
t
t
pc
s
pc
pc
t
pc
pc
pc
s
t
t
t
