WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY TODAY An afternoon shower or two Variably cloudy, a shower or two 57° 48° 61° 46° FRIDAY SATURDAY Mostly cloudy, a shower; breezy Cooler with a shower or two PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 62° 56° 68° 54° 60° 38° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 66° 48° 60° 50° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 59° 59° 77° (1906) 35° 37° 13° (1911) 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" 0.21" 0.90" 6.03" 9.00" 9.84" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 60° 60° 77° (1935) First 7:29 a.m. 5:48 p.m. 7:06 p.m. 8:44 a.m. Full Nov 18 Nov 25 Caldwell 58/43 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 Hi 62 54 53 60 56 56 64 56 60 58 55 57 55 66 59 63 57 59 57 61 56 64 54 53 59 57 59 Lo 51 35 35 50 30 38 49 44 50 45 31 41 42 45 51 52 40 46 48 51 34 51 42 41 52 47 39 W r c sh r sh sh r sh sh sh sh sh sh r r r r sh sh r c r r sh r sh sh NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. Hi 62 55 55 62 56 49 64 58 66 55 57 56 53 66 59 62 62 66 61 63 57 64 54 53 61 60 65 Lo 54 30 36 50 25 31 47 42 48 40 28 38 38 41 52 51 34 45 46 53 31 51 42 36 52 48 41 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c sh c pc c sh sh c c sh pc sh sh pc c c c c sh sh c sh sh sh sh sh c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 59 84 64 58 71 38 58 67 60 71 74 Lo 40 77 55 51 57 24 48 56 34 58 60 W s s sh c t c r t s pc pc Thu. Hi 55 83 62 60 72 35 59 66 58 72 64 Lo 33 75 53 53 55 29 50 48 33 58 56 W s pc t r t pc c t sh s r WINDS Medford 66/45 0.00" 0.27" 0.58" 3.75" 5.61" 7.14" SUN AND MOON Nov 11 Bend 53/35 Burns 56/30 PRECIPITATION Nov 3 John Day 58/45 Ontario 57/40 33° 36° 19° (2002) 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 Last New Albany 63/51 Eugene 64/49 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 62° 40° Spokane Wenatchee 54/42 54/44 Tacoma Moses 59/49 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 58/44 57/42 60/53 59/50 59/39 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 59/52 57/47 Lewiston 59/49 Astoria 58/46 62/51 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 61/51 Pendleton 56/38 The Dalles 60/50 57/48 59/48 La Grande Salem 57/41 64/51 Corvallis 64/49 HIGH 70° 54° Seattle 58/52 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 65° 58° Today SUNDAY A few showers; windy in the a.m. :ednesday, OctoEer , (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 55/31 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today with a little rain. Eastern and Central Oregon: A shower or two today, but rain and drizzle in the upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: Rain and drizzle today; morning rain, then a shower across the south. Cascades: Mostly cloudy today with a couple of showers; cooler. A passing shower or two tonight. Northern California: Periods of rain today; only in the morning at the coast. Partly cloudy tonight. Thursday WSW 8-16 WSW 10-20 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Periods of rain in the morn- ing, but any time across the north today. Today WSW 3-6 W 4-8 0 1 2 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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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 73 66 69 51 74 60 57 80 72 57 66 76 63 64 76 35 45 88 83 63 86 60 79 76 82 Lo 43 59 64 56 30 59 41 56 63 52 37 45 51 32 42 55 26 35 75 57 40 62 35 61 50 63 W s c r r s c c r t t r r s s r s c c pc s sh c pc pc pc c Thur. 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