Watson, WA Hazardous Weather Outlook

Watson, Washington

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 505 AM PDT FRI SEP 5 2008
Expiration: 500 AM PDT SAT SEP 06 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG WIND
KITTITAS VALLEY

SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL INCREASE TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. AS A RESULT WINDS WILL INCREASE BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN
THE KITTITAS VALLEY WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 55
MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS THEREFORE IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO NWS PRODUCT ID PDXNPWPDT FOR MORE
DETAILS.

ELSEWHERE MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER A
DRY AND STABLE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

A DRY AND STABLE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
FAIR WEATHER AND WARM TEMPERATURES. WINDS MAY BECOME BREEZY IN THE
AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND ADJACENT
VALLEYS AND BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML

ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN
CURRENTHAZARDS.