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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.
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Boardman
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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.
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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°
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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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showers t-storms
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flurries
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snow
ice
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cold front
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warm front stationary front
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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
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OHA has limited data on medical marijuana grows
By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
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