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Marine Weather and Tides Cliffdell, WA Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

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Sunrise 5:51AM

Sunset 8:23PM

Sunday August 9, 2020 1:55 PM PDT (20:55 UTC)

Moonrise 10:19PM

Moonset 11:02AM

Illumination 67%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Cliffdell, WA

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Area Discussion for - Pendleton, OR

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FXUS66 KPDT 092049 AFDPDT

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pendleton OR 149 PM PDT Sun Aug 9 2020

SHORT TERM. Tonight through Tuesday night . Today has been a great day for outdoor recreation with afternoon temperatures in the 70s to mid-80s, but Monday will be considerably warmer. An inverted surface thermal trough currently over southwest OR will shift east of the Cascades on Monday, and afternoon temperatures will climb to around 85-95. The thermal trough will be near the OR/ID border by late Monday, allowing cooler marine air to surge through the Columbia River Gorge with breezy winds in the late afternoon and evening. Based on forecast soundings west of the Cascades, the marine air will be shallow and may not push through the Cascade gaps until the evening hours. This includes the Kittitas Valley.

Models have been consistent with a dry cold front on Tuesday. Any thunderstorms that may develop with the front will be far southeast of the forecast area. Both winds aloft and at the surface will increase, and all of the forecast area will observe increasing winds with the front. There is significant dry air behind the front, therefore the RHs will not increase substantially despite the cooler temperatures. Fire Weather Watches will be issued for portions of the forecast area. Details can be found in the Fire Weather Section. Winds will diminish Tuesday night. Wister

LONG TERM. Wednesday through Sunday . A general troughy pattern will be over the region for mid week with near to below seasonal temperatures followed by the upper ridge returning to the Pacific Northwest for next weekend and a period of renewed heat. It looks to be dry through the period with little if any chance for thunderstorms. During the middle of the week it will be a bit breezy especially on Thursday. This could pose some fire weather concerns albeit probably more limited than this Tuesday (refer to fire weather discussion for Tuesday's concerns). High temperatures will be in the 80s Wednesday through Friday (70s mountains) with just slight warming each day . but it will be noticeably warmer over the weekend with highs in the 90s and 80s in the mountains. 78

AVIATION. 00Z TAFS . VFR conditions with clear skies through the period. Winds will be light terrain driven tonight. It will become a bit breezy Monday after 20-21Z with NW winds of 10- 20kt at KBDN . KRDM and KDLS with gusts to 25 kt at KDLS. Winds will be 5 to 10 kt elsewhere Monday afternoon. 78

FIRE WEATHER. Fire Weather Watches will be issued for fire weather zones WA/OR639, OR640, WA/OR641, and WA675 which covers the Yakima Valley, Lower Columbia Basin, eastern Columbia River Gorge, and Central Oregon. The watch will be in effect for Tuesday afternoon and evening for winds and low humidity. Actually, all of the forecast area will have elevated fire weather concerns as winds increase at the surface and aloft. The RHs in the afternoon will be widespread 15-25 pct. It's possible the watch may be extended to cover additional zones, but will keep it for the areas where high confidence of breezy winds and low humidity will occur. Wister

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS. PDT 58 92 61 89 / 0 0 0 0 ALW 59 93 60 89 / 0 0 0 0 PSC 60 95 64 92 / 0 0 0 0 YKM 58 94 58 89 / 0 0 0 0 HRI 58 95 63 91 / 0 0 0 0 ELN 58 90 59 81 / 0 0 0 0 RDM 48 91 51 87 / 0 0 0 0 LGD 54 87 57 87 / 0 0 0 0 GCD 53 89 56 90 / 0 0 0 0 DLS 64 96 65 84 / 0 0 0 0

PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. OR . Fire Weather Watch from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening for ORZ639>641.

WA . Fire Weather Watch from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening for WAZ639-641-675.



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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
TCMW1 - 9446482 - Tacoma Met, WA	67 mi	62 min	WNW 7 G 8.9
TCNW1 - 9446484 - Tacoma, WA	67 mi	62 min		67°F	56°F		1026 hPa

Wind History for Tacoma MET, WA

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Stampede Pass, WA	26 mi	60 min	no data	10.00 mi	Fair	65°F	44°F	47%	1024.8 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KSMP

Wind History from SMP (wind in knots)

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Last 24hr	5	6	5	6	3	6	5	5	3	5	6	3	4	4	4	6	SW5	6	5	SW5	5	4	3	--
1 day ago	4	NW4	5	6	5	5	4	--	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	4	4	--	4	5	5	4
2 days ago	W8 G18	W8 G18	W7 G15	W8 G19	W10 G18	W9 G22	W9 G19	W7 G14	W7	W8	5	4	5	SW6	5	3	4	4	4	3	Calm	5	W8	5

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Tide / Current Tables for Des Moines, Washington

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Tide / Current Tables for Tacoma, Commencement Bay, Washington

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Weather Map

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Wind Forecast for Pendleton, OR (16,3,4,5)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Seattle/Tacoma, WA

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