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YOUR SUPPORT KYLE WILL BE
TALKING TO YOU IN ANOTHER FEW
MINUTES.
THANKS KYLE, OKAY, LET'S
TURN TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
NATASHA STAND BY BECAUSE WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER
BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT THERE. BUT
WE'VE ALSO STARTED TO SAY WE
ARE APPROACHING FIRE SEASON.
IT'S BEEN DRY, IT'S BEEN WINDY
AND WE REALLY ARE BEHIND ON
RAIN SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
DROUGHT NOW.
YEAH WE'RE ALREADY IN
SEVERAL DROUGHT CATEGORIES
ACROSS THE STATE AND REALLY
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ARE
GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT MAP
HERE IN JUST A SECOND, BUT
LET'S JUST FIRST DO A REVIEW
OF THE CALENDAR SO FAR MONTH
TODAY, WE'VE ONLY HAD ABOUT
NOT EVEN QUITE 2 TENTHS OF AN
INCH OF RAIN NORMALLY FOR THE
ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL WE WOULD
HAVE CLOSE TO ABOUT A ABOUT
2.7 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE
ENTIRE MONTH. WE'RE HALFWAY
THROUGH THE MONTH AND WE ARE
LOOKING AT NOW 2 WEEKS WITHOUT
ANY RAIN THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY
MEASURE. NOW AT THIS POINT
MONTH TODAY WERE BEHIND BY ONE
0.4 5 INCHES. NOW ON RECORD.
WE HAVE HAD DRIVER APRIL'S
WE'VE HAD APRIL IS DRY IS ONLY
RECEIVING A HALF INCH OF RAIN
FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH AND THAT
WAS BACK IN THE 1950'S. SO WE
HAVE SEEN DRY CONDITIONS IN
THE PAST. BUT LET'S CONSIDER
THAT FOR THE ENTIRE RAINY
SEASON. WE'RE BEHIND BY OVER 8
INCHES NOW TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR
DROUGHT MONITOR HERE. LET ME
GET RIGHT BACK TO THAT MAP
THERE IS OK YOU CAN SEE THAT
IN THE SEVERE DROUGHT CATEGORY
WE HAVE 28% OF THE STATE IN
THAT CATEGORY THEN THE
MODERATE DROUGHT CATEGORY AND
ABNORMALLY DRY. THAT'S AT
LEAST 30% OF THE STATE SO
EVERYWHERE YOU GO YOU'RE
SEEING IT RIGHT NOW A NICE
VIEW OF MOUNT HOOD FROM
PORTLAND DOWNTOWN 75 DEGREES
WINDS OUT OF THE WEST AT 3
MILES PER HOUR. IT'S VERY DRY
OUT THERE STILL NOT AS WINDY
AS YESTERDAY. SO THAT'S SOME
GOOD NEWS. BUT A DEW POINT AT
12 WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT DEW POINTS EITHER IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS OR IN THE TEENS.
THEN THAT'S A CLEAR INDICATION
IS VERY DRY OUT THERE. FOR THE
REST OF THIS EVENING, YOUR
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN
THE UPPER 60'S TO MID 60'S BY
9 O'CLOCK 10 O'CLOCK 61 AND
THEN WE GET TO ALMOST
MIDNIGHT. WE'RE STILL IN THE
UPPER 50'S WHY BECAUSE OF THAT
CLOUD COVERAGE IS GOING TO ACT
AS A LITTLE BIT OF A BLANKET
TRAPPING THE HEAT IN PLACE.
BUT THEN TOMORROW WE BEGIN OUR
CHANCE OF SEEING SOME RAIN BUT
HOW MUCH RAIN ARE WE REALLY
GOING TO SEE IS GOING TO BE
PRETTY LIGHT AND LIMITED THIS
IS 00:30AM IN THE MORNING FOR
YOU TOMORROW AT THE COAST
YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT RAIN
OVERALL ON SHORE FLOW WINDS
COMING FROM THE WEST
SOUTHWEST, AND YOU CAN SEE
JUST SCATTERED RAIN HERE AND
THERE NOTHING TOO HEAVY
HAPPENING FOR US TOMORROW
04:30PM IN THE AFTERNOON.
WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS WE GET TO
TOMORROW NIGHT WE'RE PRETTY
MUCH DRY THINGS UP ANY
LEFTOVER CHANCE OF RAIN WILL
BE PRETTY MUCH LIMITED JUST TO
SOME OF OUR A MOUNTAIN SLOPES
OTHER THAN THAT IS A DRY
SUNDAY AHEAD, YOUR
TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW. HERE
WE GO UP TO 75 IN PORTLAND.
THAT THIS POINT THERE'S A
CHANCE WE MIGHT HIT THAT 76
DEGREE MARK AND CERTAINLY HAVE
AND SALEM NOW IF WE DO GET UP
TO 76 FOR THE DAY THAN
OFFICIALLY THAT WILL MAKE IT
THE WARMEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE ALREADY THIS MONTH HIT
75 DEGREES. IT'S 76 RIGHT NOW
THROUGH THE DOWS AND UPPER
50'S ALONG THE COAST, LET'S
TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH RAIN. WE
COULD SEE TOMORROW AND YOU'LL
NOTICE PRETTY LIMITED EVEN AT
THE COAST, MAYBE A 10TH OF AN
INCH SOMETHING CLOSER TO ABOUT
2 TENTHS OF AN INCH PORTLAND
CAMUS THEN MAJERUS AND BEND
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COLLECT A
LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A TRACE
OF RAIN TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES
AT THE COAST WILL BE IN THE
LOW 50'S TOMORROW MUCH COOLER
UPPER 50'S FOR US IN THE
VALLEY, CENTRAL OREGON AN
EASTERN OREGON TEMPERATURES
WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID
60'S. WE CHECK OUT THE DOW 65
FOR A HIGH THAT RIVER A FEW
SPRINKLES FOR YOU 61
GOVERNMENT CAMP, 47 SO FOR
THAT 7 DAY FORECAST. TOMORROW
WILL BE THE COOLEST DAY OUT OF
THE ENTIRE WEEK UPPER 50'S AND
THEN WE GO INTO A LITTLE BIT
OF A DRY STREAK NEXT CHANCE OF
RAIN AFTER THAT WILL BE
WEDNESDAY WITH A BREAK ON
THURSDAY BACK TO THE CHANCE OF
RAIN AGAIN ON FRIDAY. THAT'S A
LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST LET'S
SEND IT BACK TO YOU. WE COULD
CERTAINLY USE A LITTLE BIT OF
RAIN SO WE APPRECIATE THE SUN
MIXING THOUGHT COMING UP NEXT
THOUSANDS OF WASHINGTON STATE