In today's #wth... At the trailhead I found a burning fire in a loose "fire pit" and trash strewn about. Not a person in sight.
I was so pissed. There's dry grass everywhere. Got lucky that today's winds weren't as bad as the past few day's.
I dumped my spare water on it and got my avy shovel out of my truck to bury it. #BendWX #PineMountain #Fire #peoplearestupid
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
938 PM PST Mon Mar 2 2026
Updated for Aviation
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Widespread precipitation chances return Tuesday into Wednesday, with persistent mountain precip chances continuing into the weekend.
- Winter Weather Advisory in effect above 4500ft for the OR Cascade Crest Wednesday.
- Potential for breezy to gusty winds (gusts 35-50 mph) developing Wednesday with cold front passage.
DISCUSSION
Through Tuesday Afternoon: A transient upper ridge is currently moving onshore the PacNW today, resulting in a return of area- wide dry conditions. Some warm air advection with the upper ridge will bring temperatures closer to the lower to mid 60s across much of the Columbia Basin in the afternoons Today and tomorrow. Otherwise, sky cover will begin to increase late tonight into tomorrow morning from the west, as the next upper level trough approaches the PacNW. This may limit viewing potential for the lunar eclipse early tomorrow morning, with cloud cover expected to cover the western third of the forecast area by the time of the eclipse totality (3am-4am PST). The only saving grace with the incoming cloud cover is that it may start off as a thinner or scattered cirrus deck (confidence 50-70%).
By tomorrow afternoon, a weak frontal boundary will reach the Cascade crest, with light rain/snow showers developing into the evening. As precipitation starts, snow levels will be above 5kft to 5.5kft, resulting in mostly rain at pass level, with snow or a rain/snow mix above these elevations.
Tuesday night through Thursday morning: There is great agreement amongst ensemble and deterministic guidance that an upper trough passage Tuesday night through Wednesday night will bring widespread precipitation chances to the PacNW. Snow levels will start off just above 5kft with the approach of the trough, but drop to 4kft to 5kft as the trough moves inland Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The heaviest of the precipitation will align with snow levels just falling to or below the surface along the Cascade crest Tuesday night, resulting in wet snow accumulations of 2 to 5 inches by Wednesday afternoon(confidence 70-85%). Through the rest of Wednesday, snow levels will continue to lower to 3kft to 4kft, resulting in more widespread snow in the mountains. Scattered snow showers will develop as the trough axis moves overhead and a cold front boundary to the east. As the trough axis pushes further east, snow rates will become very light across the forecast area. Through Thursday morning, Santiam Pass will see a 65-85% chance for snow accumulations greater than 6 inches. As a result, a winter weather advisory has been issued for the Oregon Cascade East Slopes above 4,500ft for Wednesday. At Snoqualmie pass, snow levels will generally be above pass level through Wednesday, resulting in only a 35-50% chance of an inch of snow accumulating through Thursday morning. In the interior northern Blues and in White Pass, there is a 55-85% chance of 2 inches of snow through Thursday morning; there is a 65-85% chance of 4 inches of snow through Thursday morning along the Elkhorn crest…
The XC skiing this morning was not great. This has been such a bleak winter :(
The dogs at least had fun. #BendWX
Ut oh, the bees are out. Hope they'll be okay if the frost ever comes :( #BendWX
The wrath of the #inversion continues. Currently snowing in town. Sunny up at #MtBachelor
#BendWX
How bleak is the snow in Bend right now? The Tour de Meisner, a classic cross country ski race to raise funds for grooming at Virginia Meisner Sno-Park is postponed until March 1st. The race is typically run January 19th in freezing temps. Temps are in the 50s this week 🤯
A crew from High Desert Amateur Radio Group provides comms at this event. We ski out to different check points and track racers. If anyone needs to DNF or gets injured we can call in a snow mobile pick up.
While Washington is being hit with devastating floods, Bend, Oregon has very warm December temps. Our town ice rink melted... #BendWX https://www.instagram.com/p/DSJJgNIFaOe/?igsh=dHV5NHZicHg1Nm80
Got down to 23F last night, but where's the snow?! #BendWX
Big wind storm here in central Oregon. Took out the traffic lights downtown (off, not fallen over). My antennas are still up, but we lost a sun umbrella.
I was gonna run the smoker for dinner, but I think I'll be doing the propane grill instead.
Biggest downpour we've experienced. Power and Internet was out for a bit. #BendWX
Got a nice little dumping. #BendWX
Big lightning and thunder going off here in Bend. Red flag warning. There are strikes in the forests... Fingers crossed we don't get big fires.
Absolutely dumping rain here at home. #BendWX
