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in the Blue Creek Fire area, east of Walla Walla, Wash.
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SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
Partly sunny;
breezy in the p.m.
Chance for an
afternoon t-storm
87° 61°
80° 56°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Plenty of sunshine
Sunny and
beautiful
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
76° 55°
79° 53°
86° 60°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
90° 62°
83° 57°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
84°
90°
111° (1928)
51°
60°
41° (1924)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
Trace
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5.00"
7.71"
7.81"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
87°
90°
108° (1959)
58°
59°
41° (1934)
PRECIPITATION
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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0.16"
3.25"
4.23"
5.86"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
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Aug 6
5:29 a.m.
8:34 p.m.
2:08 p.m.
12:11 a.m.
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Aug 14
83° 52°
90° 57°
Seattle
70/58
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Aug 22
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Wenatchee
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87/65
Tacoma
Moses
70/56
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 88/62
82/55
62/56
70/55
90/57
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
74/59
89/66 Lewiston
91/64
Astoria
91/66
68/58
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
82/62
Pendleton 83/50
The Dalles 90/62
87/61
87/64
La Grande
Salem
86/50
83/62
Albany
Corvallis 82/59
82/59
John Day
85/51
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
91/60
84/58
80/48
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Burns
90/57
84/46
Medford
90/59
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Baker City
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Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
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Hermiston
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Eastern Washington: Mostly sunny
today. Partly cloudy tonight. Partly sunny
tomorrow.
Cascades: Brilliant sunshine today. Partly
cloudy tonight. Clouds and sun tomorrow;
cooler.
Northern California: Low clouds followed
by sunshine at the coast today; sunny
elsewhere.
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today with sunshine and patchy clouds.
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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: Drenching showers and thunderstorms will affect the Southeast today,
while severe storms blast the Upper Midwest. Showers will dot northern New England. Only
spotty storms are forecast for the interior West.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 104° in Needles, Calif.
Low 36° in Truckee, Calif.
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
91
88
83
87
88
91
89
78
88
86
85
82
100
92
86
98
76
85
90
97
84
89
94
100
96
84
Lo
67
71
68
63
61
72
61
64
73
63
70
66
80
61
68
74
58
64
77
76
63
72
75
74
78
65
W
pc
t
s
s
s
t
s
pc
t
s
s
s
s
pc
s
s
pc
t
pc
s
s
t
pc
s
pc
pc
Hi
94
88
83
88
89
93
88
72
88
88
85
86
101
92
86
100
74
88
90
99
86
88
93
101
97
85
Sat.
Lo
67
71
72
69
59
73
60
62
71
67
66
68
79
61
65
74
58
67
77
78
69
72
76
75
77
66
W
pc
t
s
s
s
t
s
pc
t
s
t
pc
s
pc
t
pc
c
s
pc
s
pc
t
pc
s
s
pc
Today
Hi
Louisville
89
Memphis
92
Miami
91
Milwaukee
84
Minneapolis
87
Nashville
89
New Orleans
94
New York City
85
Oklahoma City
98
Omaha
95
Philadelphia
87
Phoenix
104
Portland, ME
74
Providence
82
Raleigh
85
Rapid City
88
Reno
86
Sacramento
88
St. Louis
89
Salt Lake City
90
San Diego
81
San Francisco
71
Seattle
70
Tucson
96
Washington, DC 89
Wichita
101
Lo
67
76
78
69
68
68
79
70
73
75
68
85
57
63
66
60
57
58
75
66
69
59
58
76
72
76
W
s
t
t
s
t
s
pc
s
s
pc
s
pc
pc
pc
pc
t
s
s
pc
s
pc
pc
sh
pc
s
s
Hi
90
94
88
81
88
91
95
85
97
90
89
107
67
80
87
90
87
90
92
90
81
71
71
100
91
100
Sat.
Lo
72
76
77
65
69
70
79
72
72
74
73
85
56
64
67
60
56
59
77
66
68
60
56
78
75
78
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
W
s
pc
t
t
s
s
t
s
s
t
s
s
c
pc
s
s
s
s
t
s
pc
pc
c
s
s
pc
