999 FXUS66 KPDT 100321 AFDPDT NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 820 PM PDT FRI APR 9 1999 THE FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER AREA THIS EVENING ARE DISSIPATING RAPIDLY WITH SUNDOWN. LOOKING FOR A DRY NIGHT AS SHORT WAVE RIDGE BUILDS IN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. COOL AIR IN PLACE FROM LAST FRONT COMBINED WITH DECREASING CLOUDS AND WINDS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO COOL TO NEAR RECORD LOWS IN SOME AREAS BY MORNING. TROUGH CURRENTLY OFF OREGON/WASHINGTON COAST IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE DROPPING SOUTH ALONG THE COAST AND MOVE INLAND OVER CENTRAL/ SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND. AS SYSTEM DIVES SOUTHWARD... EXPECTING ASSOCIATED MID TO HIGHER LEVEL CLOUDS TO INVADE FORECAST AREA. CURRENT FORECAST WITH LOW CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FRIDAY REASONABLE. WILL UPDATE FIRST PERIOD OF ZONES TO REMOVE EVENING SHOWERS. EXTENDED...DRIER PATTERN EXPECTED FOR PERIOD...DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY CHANGES TO EXTENDED FORECAST AT THIS TIME. MJB. PDT 0210 ALW 0210 PSC 0210 YKM 1210 .KPDT...WSR-88D...VCP 21/CSR 21...OPERATIONAL. .KPDT...NONE.