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Wednesday and Thursday bring us another Fire Weather Watch for all of Eastern Washington. We will experience very dry and windy conditions with winds 15-20 mph and some gusts up to 35 mph.

Umatilla County has banned fireworks due to high fire danger.

Sources, including Winco and Albertsons, say area retailers are facing some stiff unique challenges with our record-setting heat. 113-117 degrees really straining freezer systems.

According to Plantmaps.com, the highest temperature ever recorded in Tri-Cities was on July 23, 2006, when the mercury topped out at 112 degrees.

An overnight windstorm knocked out power sources.

Like many others in our area, wind did a number on this larger, but older pine tree.

Think of it as a dust devil on steroids, weatherwise.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for eastern Oregon and south central and southeast Washington. We can expect light to moderate snowfall throughout the day Friday and will increase to heavy snow tonight through Saturday with new accumulations of 3-4 inches...

Eastern Oregon looking at hazardous driving conditions through the weekend.

Old Man Winter isn’t done yet. Last week we were all enjoying temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s, and you were probably thinking – could winter really be over? Are we really going to get out of it unscathed? Well, the winter weather nightmare starts Thursday with frigid temperatures, wind and blowing snow.

NO, not expected to be a Snowmageddon (at least not now) but definite cold weather and precip coming later this week.

Old Man Winter isn’t giving up just yet, the National Weather Service in Pendleton is forecasting winter weather and windy conditions for parts of south central Washington and northeast Oregon.