Page 2A WEATHER EaVt Oregonian TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Mostly sunny and nice Mostly sunny, nice and warm Pleasant with sunshine 76° 48° 73° 43° REGIONAL CITIES Forecast FRIDAY SATURDAY Mostly sunny and pleasant Clouds limiting sun PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 70° 44° 71° 45° 70° 52° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 78° 44° 74° 39° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 75° 65° 85° (1895) 41° 41° 24° (2008) 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" 0.04" 0.38" 5.86" 8.57" 9.32" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday Yesterday Normals Records Corvallis 76/46 0.00" 0.21" 0.20" 3.69" 4.98" 6.76" SUN AND MOON Oct 27 Bend 76/39 Burns 81/34 Last Nov 3 7:08 a.m. 6:14 p.m. 7:43 a.m. 6:49 p.m. New Nov 11 Caldwell 76/40 Today Astoria 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 Klamath Falls 83/36 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Sunshine and a few clouds today. Clear to partly cloudy tonight. Cascades: Sunshine today; pleasant across the north. Mainly clear tonight. Northern California: Mostly sunny today; very warm in central parts. Mainly clear tonight. 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Lo 48 76 59 46 51 34 39 59 49 62 58 W c pc s pc pc pc pc t s pc s (in mph) Today Wednesday Boardman Pendleton SW 3-6 W 4-8 NE 3-6 NNW 3-6 UV INDEX TODAY 0 1 3 3 1 0 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 Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHSP7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — Lo 48 34 39 55 34 40 46 43 44 53 36 38 36 50 50 52 41 44 48 51 35 47 45 38 48 52 42 WORLD CITIES Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Mostly sunny today; however, clouds breaking for some sun across the north. Eastern and Central Oregon: Nice today with plenty of sun. Mainly clear tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow. Western Washington: Clouds and sun today; a passing shower in central parts during the morning. Hi 67 77 76 72 81 73 77 76 78 79 83 75 73 87 66 70 79 78 76 73 79 75 68 75 72 75 78 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. WINDS Medford 87/50 PRECIPITATION Oct 20 John Day 79/53 Ontario 79/41 40° 39° 20° (2008) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First Full Albany 75/48 Eugene 77/46 LOW 78° 67° 84° (1952) 70° 54° Spokane Wenatchee 68/45 73/48 Tacoma Moses 64/43 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 75/40 71/44 65/45 65/41 78/42 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 69/47 75/52 Lewiston 79/45 Astoria 75/49 67/48 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 73/51 Pendleton 73/40 The Dalles 78/44 76/48 80/50 La Grande Salem 75/38 75/47 TEMPERATURE HIGH 72° 43° Seattle 63/48 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 72° 39° 7ueVGa\ October SUBSCRIPTION RATES /RFDOKRPHGHOLYHU\ 6DYLQJVRIIFRYHUSULFH (=3D\ SHUFHQW ZHHNV SHUFHQW ZHHNV SHUFHQW ZHHNV SHUFHQW (=3D\ RQH\HDUUDWHZLWKDPRQWKO\FUHGLWRUGHELWFDUGFKHFNFKDUJH Single copy price: 7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\6DWXUGD\ Copyright © 2015, EO Media Group 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: Showers will extend along an advancing cool front from the central Appalachians to the western and northern Gulf Coast today. Showers will also brush east- ern New England. Most other areas will be sunny. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 101° in Horseshoe Bay, Texas Low 21° in Stanley, Idaho 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 81 77 72 75 75 78 79 72 82 69 61 61 89 81 62 86 34 63 88 91 65 83 76 95 85 89 Lo 51 51 57 50 45 49 50 56 59 49 43 50 59 50 48 58 26 41 75 58 44 65 49 72 53 71 W s s pc pc s s s sh pc pc pc c s s c s c pc sh pc pc pc s pc s pc Hi 81 74 68 67 74 78 80 68 79 65 62 57 94 83 59 88 39 69 86 91 65 84 74 94 88 87 Wed. Lo 54 51 50 44 43 51 49 47 55 42 46 44 62 46 43 60 25 43 74 59 43 57 51 72 54 68 W s s pc pc s s s pc s s s pc s s pc s pc s pc s s s s pc s 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 70 80 87 60 60 74 82 73 87 76 74 98 65 73 77 72 89 95 71 78 85 81 63 93 76 85 Lo 47 52 75 43 42 46 65 56 54 46 55 74 50 53 52 40 54 60 49 53 73 62 48 67 55 52 W s s s pc pc s pc c s s pc s c sh pc s s s s s pc pc pc pc pc s Hi 70 82 87 60 66 74 83 69 89 72 68 101 65 69 72 73 87 91 73 80 82 76 61 96 68 84 Wed. Lo 45 55 75 46 46 45 64 50 59 49 49 76 40 44 48 43 53 58 50 54 71 62 48 71 49 54 W s s pc s s s s pc s s pc s pc pc s s pc pc s s c pc s s pc s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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Alcatraz Is Not An Island and Taking Alcatraz Saturday, October 17 1pm Free Admission Friday, October 16 Scarecrow Contest – Judged Friday; on display all weekend 4 pm Parade of Goblins – Prizes for best costumes Saturday, October 17 Morning activities to be held in the City Park 8:30 am 5K Run/Walk. Registration at 8 am 9 am Park opens for vendors – Brats & Kraut, Beer & Wine 10:30 am Opening Ceremonies – Honoring Our Seniors 11 am Joe Lindsay & Family – Musicians 12 pm Old Time Fiddlers – Musicians 2 pm One Hum – Musicians 4 pm Social Begins – Arlington Fire Hall Wheeler County Ramblers – Musicians 5:30 pm Prime Rib Dinner – Paradise Rose Chuckwagon 7 pm Auction Begins. Dance – Countryfied, immediately after Auction Sunday, October 18 FIRST FRIDAYS ARE FREE! 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