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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
THURSDAY
TODAY
FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy with
a few showers
Cool with sun and
clouds
59° 45°
60° 42°
SATURDAY
Some sun, a
shower in the p.m.
Some sun
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
62° 42°
66° 41°
70° 46°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
65° 45°
64° 48°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
55°
76°
95° (1918)
47°
49°
33° (1944)
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
0.13"
0.22"
0.30"
11.59"
7.83"
8.68"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
LOW
62°
78°
94° (1951)
Last
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
(in mph)
Boardman
Pendleton
Klamath Falls
52/30
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REGIONAL FORECAST
6:40 a.m.
6:56 p.m.
7:00 a.m.
7:31 p.m.
New
Eastern Washington: A couple of showers
today; periods of snow, accumulating 1-3
inches in the mountains.
Cascades: A little rain today, except snow
and rain in the south.
Oct 19
Western Washington: Periods of rain and a
thunderstorm today. Partly cloudy tonight
with a shower.
Northern California: Rather cloudy today
with a shower or two. Cold; breezy in the
interior mountains.
Today
Thursday
WSW 12-25
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WSW 6-12
WSW 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: Periods of rain today,
except a couple of showers and a thunder-
storm across the north.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy
and breezy today with a couple of showers.
Oct 12
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
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Thu.
WINDS
Medford
59/44
0.05"
0.16"
0.24"
6.81"
5.44"
6.36"
SUN AND MOON
Oct 5
Bend
55/33
Burns
53/26
PRECIPITATION
Sep 27
John Day
56/40
Ontario
64/41
51°
47°
31° (1957)
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
62/46
Eugene
59/44
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
72° 44°
Spokane
Wenatchee
52/40
59/44
Tacoma
Moses
59/44
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 62/44
51/38
61/49
60/44
61/38
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
60/49
56/44 Lewiston
65/48
Astoria
57/42
61/47
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
59/49
Pendleton 52/36
The Dalles 64/48
59/45
61/49
La Grande
Salem
55/39
60/46
Corvallis
60/42
HIGH
71° 41°
Seattle
59/50
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
67° 42°
Today
SUNDAY
Partly sunny
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
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cold front
they will enter a term of fire-
fighter classes at Blue Moun-
tain Community College.
After that, many students
continue their studies to
become paramedics.
Jenna O’Brien said the
most challenging part of
training has been preparing
for the physical toll.
“It’s hard work,” she said.
“You go home exhausted.”
O’Brien, an Irrigon native,
said she has had wildland fire
training, but this is her first
official firefighter training.
local shopping habits.
According to a city
newsletter, the association
is offering a $50 stipend
and refreshments for people
willing to discuss topics
such as where they shop and
how often.
The association is looking
to bring in two focus groups
of at least 10-12 people on
Oct. 11 from 5:30 p.m. to
7:15 p.m.
Molly Turner, the asso-
70s
80s
Cooperation is a big part
of fighting fires successfully,
she said.
“You have to practice,
and get to know each others’
movements,”
she
said.
“We’ve been working on
this all last and this week. It’s
nice to be able to apply it to a
real fire. It’s a little different
seeing it up close.”
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Louisville
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Memphis
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Miami
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Milwaukee
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Minneapolis
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Nashville
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New Orleans
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New York City
80
Oklahoma City
92
Omaha
80
Philadelphia
84
Phoenix
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Portland, ME
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Providence
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Raleigh
89
Rapid City
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Reno
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Sacramento
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St. Louis
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Salt Lake City
75
San Diego
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San Francisco
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Seattle
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Tucson
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Washington, DC 88
Wichita
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Restrictions lifted on
Umatilla National Forest
The Umatilla National
Forest will lift all restric-
tions
on
chainsaws,
smoking and off-road travel
beginning Wednesday as
rain and cooler weather
help to ease the local fire
danger.
Seasonal
campfire
restrictions,
however,
will remain in effect
through Oct. 31. Visitors
are required to build their
campfires in a fire pit
surrounded by dirt, rock or
commercial rings, in areas
cleared of all flammable
material within a three-foot
radius from the edge of the
pit.
Campfires must be
attended at all times with
a shovel and one gallon
of water. The restrictions
do not apply to designated
wilderness
areas
and
developed recreation sites.
Portable cooking stoves
using bottled gas and wood
burning stoves are also
allowed.
“The intent is to allow
recreational users to enjoy
campfires on their public
lands in a responsible way,
which means practicing
safe campfire techniques
that, in the long run, will
protect lives, property and
our natural landscapes,”
said Brian Ebert, deputy
fire management officer for
the forest.
Since Monday, nearly
1.5 inches of rain has fallen
in Tollgate, .83 inches in
Meacham and .85 inches
in Ukiah, according to the
National Weather Service
in Pendleton. More rain
is expected Wednesday
before gradually drying out
into the weekend.
In addition, a new
record low temperature
was set Tuesday morning
in Meacham at 23 degrees.
The previous record was 26
degrees, set in 1973.
The Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest is also
easing up on its public use
restrictions, dropping down
to Phase A on Wednesday.
Under Phase A restric-
tions, off-road vehicle
travel remains prohibited,
chainsaw use is not allowed
between 1-8 p.m. and
smoking is allowed only
in enclosed vehicles, build-
ings or cleared areas.
The U.S. Forest Service
has spent more than $2
billion battling forest
fires around the country,
according to an Associated
Press report, setting a new
record for the agency.
However, fire season has
been relatively calm in the
Blue Mountains, with just
3,950 acres burned across
all agencies including the
Forest Service, Oregon
Department of Forestry,
Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Washington
Department of Natural
Resources.
Of those acres burned,
only 829 were caused by
humans. By comparison,
the human-caused Eagle
Creek fire in the Columbia
River Gorge has burned
48,665 acres alone.
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who sign up for the volunteer
program often have no prior
firefighting experience, and
the department is always
looking for more volunteers.
Last week, he said, students
spent time in the classroom.
This week’s training will
be hands-on, with students
learning how to perform
CPR, throw ladders and
handle the hose — as well as
other entry-level firefighting
tasks.
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finished with this training,
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Through the light rain
Tuesday morning, firefighters
battled a blaze.
In the parking lot of
the Hermiston Conference
Center, 11 new volunteer fire-
fighters were busy practicing
how to extinguish car fires
— one part of a two-week
academy all students must
attend.
The
students,
from
the Umatilla County Fire
Department and Pendleton
Fire Department’s volunteer
programs, were clad in heavy
turnout gear. They took
turns hosing down a practice
vehicle that was hooked to a
propane tank and repeatedly
lit on fire. On each try, it took
several students to maneuver
the hose and attack the
flames.
“For many, it’s the first
time actually handling a
fully charged hose,” said
Matt Fisher, a UCFD shift
lieutenant
and
training
coordinator. “So far, it’s a lot
of dealing with hose-nozzle
reactions. It’s 100 psi (pounds
per square inch), and it’s
flowing at 150 gallons per
minute. If you’re not used to
it, that’s a lot to handle.”
The entire experience is
new for most students, all but
two of whom are completely
“green.”
Fisher said the people
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