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FXUS66 KPDT 022252
AFDPDT

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
252 PM PST Tue Dec 2 2025

Updated Aviation Discussion

.DISCUSSION...

Precipitation chances will be dwindling rapidly this afternoon as
high surface pressure increases across the region. Locally dense
fog was forming along the foothills of the northern Blues This
Afternoon, which may be the precursor to more fog development
Tonight. With the recent rains and some snow areas, and a cool
moist boundary layer, the risk for some freezing fog exists
overnight as temperatures plummet into the upper 20s, with the
only area escaping freezing temperatures being the Columbia River
Gorge. Other than this diurnally recurring local/areas of freezing
fog risk, little sensible weather (Little to no risk) is expected
for about 36 hours or through at least early Thursday. Despite
the high pressure, starting out colder early Wednesday morning
will promote even cooler high temperatures in some spots Wednesday
than we are seeing This Afternoon, but overall it will be a
similar day are far as highs go. The warming trend does not begin
until Thursday evening when rains and breezy conditions redevelop.
High mountain snows are possible as well Thursday night as the
NBM prints 3 along the Wallowa Eagle Caps. EPS ensemble mean
500 mb heights show a sharp drop in heights around Friday, turning
the westerly flow not only cooler but more zonal. Efficient rains
return to the Cascades and northern Blues, as begins a wet period
for the end of the week and beyond. NBM is producing gusts in the
high 40 knots range across the Simcoe Highlands Friday Night.
This looks like a possibility of a high end advisory episode from
late Saturday afternoon through early morning Saturday as model
LREF ensembles show nearly 70% chances of 40 mph gusts or higher
over the lower Columbia Basin of Washington and Simcoe Highlands
areas. However large uncertainty exists as the huge differences
are seen between the 25th and 75th percentile wind gusts, between
22 and 38 mph respectively. A significant bump in total
precipitation for the season is expected through the weekend, as
even the lower Columbia Basin is shown by the grand ensemble mean
to receive around one quarter inch of rain, and the higher
elevations of the eastern mountains have means of anywhere from 1
to 2 inches total precipitation. Russell/71

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.AVIATION...00Z TAFs...Variable conditions will prevail through
the period. VFR conditions have developed at sites
DLS/PDT/RDM/BDN/YKM, and are expected to continue through this
afternoon. Site ALW will see brief improvement to IFR this evening,
but vsby and cigs will deteriorate to less than IFR conditions
around 9Z. Site PSC has improved to MVFR conditions, but like ALW,
vsby/CIGs will deteriorate to IFR or lower around 9Z. Sites
DLS/PDT/YKM will see MVFR cigs/vsby begin to develop around or
after 4Z-6Z and persist through tomorrow morning (confidence
40-60%). Sites PDT/YKM will improve to VFR conditions around 19Z,
while CIGS and vsby at sites DLS/ALW/PSC are expected to remain at
or lower than MVFR conditions into tomorrow afternoon(confidence
40-50%). Sites RDM/BDN will remain VFR through the
period(confidence 50-70%). Winds will remain light, 12kts or
less. Lawhorn/82

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT  27  40  28  42 /   0  10   0  60
ALW  28  38  30  40 /  10  10  10  60
PSC  24  37  28  40 /   0  10   0  40
YKM  25  38  28  41 /   0  10   0  30
HRI  25  38  28  41 /   0  10   0  50
ELN  23  37  27  41 /   0  10  10  30
RDM  21  45  24  47 /   0   0   0  20
LGD  25  40  26  41 /  10   0   0  60
GCD  27  42  26  44 /  10   0   0  50
DLS  35  44  36  46 /   0  10   0  50

&&

.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...None.
WA...None.
&&

$$

DISCUSSION...71
AVIATION...82