Happy Sunday, Central Oregon! Sunday brought partly cloudy skies and scattered storm activity in southern Deschutes County, and we have an upcoming red flag warning for more storms and fire risk, starting at 2 p.m. Monday. Winds are coming out of the southwest, carrying some moisture our way. Temperatures have stayed hot Sunday, ranging in
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Happy Friday, Central Oregon! Temperatures for us will stay right around average before we start to see a big warmup toward the end of the weekend. Temperatures will start to increase on Sunday through Tuesday, as we see temperatures just below 100. While a number of fires are burning in the area, air quality has
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Happy NewsChannel 21 Day at the Deschutes County Fair, Central Oregon! Skies will stay mostly clear Thursday night, with lows in the 40s to low 50s. Gusty northwest winds stay with us through the night. That smoky haze is likely to remain in many areas until the wildfires are contained. Sunny skies and mild temperatures will remain
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Happy Wednesday, Central Oregon! A new red flag/fire weather warning has been issued for Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras until 9 p.m. Wednesday. Our skies stay mostly clear, with lows in the mid-40s to mid-50s. With sunny to mostly sunny skies, we will see our highs near the average of 89 degrees through Friday. On Sunday, skies stay sunny,
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Happy Tuesday, Central Oregon! Better air quality Tuesday night will be accompanied by lows in the 50s with mostly clear skies. Highs will be in the upper 80s to mid-90s Wednesday. With the main body of moisture moving off to the east, our skies will clear and give us more sunshine. Sunny to mostly sunny skies will
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Happy Monday, Central Oregon! A Red Flag Warning due to the high risk of fire danger from dry conditions and possible thunderstorms will be in place through 11 p.m. Monday. Lows will be in the low 50s to low 60s. A slight chance of pop-up thunderstorms will linger through much of Tuesday and then clear later in
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Happy Sunday! Our satellite and radar imagery shows over the past few hours, we’ve seen scattered thunderstorms and showers across the region. Winds are coming out of the south, pushing this system east, and we can expect to see these same conditions for a few days. Temperatures are still reflecting this heat wave. Sunday was
Continue Reading Happy Saturday! I hope you’ve found ways to cool off. Saturday was still a very, very hot day — Redmond hit its fifth straight daily record, at 108 degrees — but not as sunny as we’ve seen the rest of the week. Late in the day, we’ve seen scattered showers and storms move in over
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Happy Friday, Central Oregon! It stays mostly clear, with lows in the 60s Friday night. Breezes become light and variable in the evening and remain there until morning. A chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms will be with us Saturday through Monday. Beginning Monday, we will come under the influence of a developing low-pressure center from the
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Happy Thursday, Central Oregon! It’ll be mostly clear Thursday night, with lows in the low 60s. Highs in the triple digits are expected to stay with us through the weekend. A weak low-pressure center developing in the Gulf of Alaska will start to draw a little cooler air into the Northwest, beginning Monday, when we
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Happy Wednesday, Central Oregon! I hope you’re staying cool amidst this excessive heat wave. We had mostly clear skies, with a bit of haze on Wednesday. Winds are coming out of the northwest, and we’ve seen a low threat for dry thunderstorms across the southern part of Deschutes County, into Klamath County. Wednesday’s highs surpassed
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Happy hot Tuesday, Central Oregon! The haze Tuesday will linger into the evening, with clear skies otherwise. Our lows will be very warm, in the upper 50s to upper 60s, with light and variable breezes. Sunny and hot will be the template for the rest of the week. An excessive heat warning for our mid to lower elevations
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Happy Monday, Central Oregon! The skies will stay clear Monday night. Breezes will stay gentle out of the north. Our lows will be warm in the 50s to low 60s. An excessive heat warning and a heat advisory go into place for all of Central Oregon beginning Tuesday, and they will stay in place through Friday. These will
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Happy Sunday, Central Oregon! Sunday and Monday are the last days below 100 degrees we’ll be seeing for a while. All counties here in Central Oregon are in an excessive heat watch lasting until Friday. Meanwhile, we see clear conditions over the region. Winds are coming out of the northwest in a light flow that
Continue Reading Happy Saturday, Central Oregon! Our skies will be clear Saturday night, with lows around average, in the upper 40s to high 50s. We are still looking at sunny skies for the rest of the weekend. Highs will be above-average Sunday, with the next warmup truly starting into Monday. We will be in the mid-90s Sunday as a
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Happy Friday, Central Oregon! Our skies will be clear Friday night, with lows on the average side, in the upper 40s. We are still looking at sunny skies for the weekend. Highs will be near average Saturday, with the next warmup starting Saturday. We will be back in the 90s Sunday, with the chance for a heat
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Happy Friday, Central Oregon! We were waking up to some overnight wind gusts. Today will be sunny, with a high near 85, providing a little break from the extreme heat. Light and variable winds are becoming north 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon, and could gust as high as 18 mph. Tonight will be clear,
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Happy Thursday, Central Oregon! Our skies will be clear Thursday night, with lows on the warm side, in the 50s. We are still looking at sunny skies for the week. Highs will be near-average Friday, with the next warmup starting Saturday. We will be back in the 90s Saturday and Sunday. We have a chance for a
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Good Morning, Central Oregon. We are waking up to a clear and mild morning, with calm winds. Today will be hot and sunny, with a high of 95 degrees. Some regions across the tri-county area will reach 100 degrees today. There is a chance for some isolated thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Light and variable winds
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Happy Wednesday, Central Oregon! Our skies will be clear Wednesday night, with lows on the warm side, in the 50s. We are still looking at sunny skies for the week. Highs will cool a bit the next two days, starting with the low 90s through Thursday and mid-80s Friday. Saturday, we will start to warm up again and
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