Showers exit the region, return on Saturday
The area of low pressure responsible for the rainy pattern is migrating away from the region today. The location of the low allows more rain to…
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Stormy pattern today means some fire danger
Storms began late last night and continued overnight into this morning. These storms brought a few more showers than some of our other more recent…
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Junior Forecaster: Third-grader Jameson picked the right shirt for his debut
Jameson is the KTVZ Junior Forecaster of the week, and he came well prepared, wearing his lightning bolt shirt. Jameson is heading into third grade…
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Showers and storms overnight, off and on into the weekend
An area of low pressure will provide the region with the chance for some light to moderate rain overnight into Thursday morning. The rain will be…
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Warm and dry today before storms arrive tonight
As a weak ridge of high pressure moves over top of us today, our temperatures will increase a few degrees from yesterday, putting us in the low 80s.…
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Cooler pattern settles in, unhealthy air quality remains, showers arrive late Wednesday
The heat is no longer impacting the region as a much cooler pattern sets up. There will be cooler air arriving around an area of low pressure passing…
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Calm until Thursday, air quality issues continue
Today will be cooler, highs in the upper 70s for many areas. Tomorrow, we will jump back up a few degrees into the 80s again as a weak ridge moves…
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Cooler pattern this week, scattered showers possible late in the week
The heat is taking a break and a cooler than normal pattern is setting up for several days. We have seen the mercury in the thermometer dip below…
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Northern lights dazzle in the skies over the High Desert: Here are your special photos and time-lapse video
Thank you for sharing your dramatic views of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, over the High Desert this weekend. Feel free to…
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Progressively cooler and wetter week ahead
We will open up this week with very normal, expected conditions, highs in the mid 80s, dry, sunny skies. Lows will be in the 40s. Classic summer…
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Very warm pattern this weekend, along with poor air quality
The fires continue to burn to our east, north, west and south moving forward through the weekend. They will be providing smoke to Central Oregon no…
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Air quality issues remain, temperatures cooler next week
The fires that continue to burn to our east, north, west and south will be providing smoke to Central Oregon. This will be the case for the next…
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Poor air quality continues but a cool down is on the way
Our air quality has been unhealthy for the last week. Some areas this morning have some improvement in smoke, in comparison to the last few days, but…
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Poor air quality remains, temperatures remain above normal
The smoke is continuing to be a concern in the region as the area is effectively surrounded by wildfires. Each shift in the wind inevitably taps into…
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5,240-acre Elk Lane Fire west of Madras now 20% contained as crews hold the lines and fire behavior moderates
The 4-day-old Elk Lane Fire west of Madras is now 20% contained, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday morning, a day after revising…
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Cloudy skies to end the work week
Yesterday, it was looking like parts of central and eastern Oregon could see an isolated dry thunderstorm or two today or Friday. Now, conditions…
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Junior Forecaster: Genevieve is a budding scientist who loves math, robotics and biking
This week, Genevieve helped forecast the weather in the area for the weekend as our Junior Forecaster. Genevieve is going to be a sixth-grade student…
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Junior Forecaster: Genevieve
This week Genevieve helped forecast the weather in the area for the weekend as our Junior Forecaster. Genevieve is going to be a 6th Grade student at…
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Above normal temperatures into the weekend, smoky at times
The area will be chance for the area to see an isolated thunderstorm Thursday and Friday, but mainly over eastern Oregon. There is a chance for a…
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Slightly above-normal highs this week as the summer pattern stays
Today looks a lot like yesterday and Monday. The highs will top out at around 90 degrees. Our highs will be just above or just below 90 through the…
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