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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
514 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2007

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET AROUND THE REGION TODAY...

OFFSHORE FLOW FROM A STRONG THERMAL LOW PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER NW 
OREGON AND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WAS 
ENOUGH TO SMASH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND THE REGION. ASTORIA  
SURPASSED THEIR OLD RECORD BY OVER 15 DEGREES AND TILLAMOOK WAS NOT 
FAR BEHIND REACHING 100 DEGREES BY 2PM BEFORE AN ONSHORE COMPONENT
TO THE WIND RAPIDLY COOLED THEM DOWN...NEVERTHELESS TILLAMOOK BROKE 
THEIR OLD RECORD BY 12 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES INLAND ARE STILL 
CLIMBING THOUGH ARE EXPECTED TO HALT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
HOURS. SUPRISINGLY...NOT TOO FAR AWAY...NEWPORT REMAINED IN THE 
MARINE LAYER AND ONLY WAS ABLE TO MUSTER A 68 F HIGH TEMPERATURE.

THUS FAR...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN ON JULY 10 2007 ARE:


             OLD RECORD/OLD YEAR BROKEN.......NEW RECORD 
LOCATION               JUL 10TH
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ASTORIA..............  77/1990...............  92
EUGENE...............  98/2002............... 101
PORTLAND AIRPORT.....  98/2002............... 102 
PORTLAND DOWNTOWN.... 100/2002............... 100 (TIED)
TILLAMOOK............  88/1951............... 100
TROUTDALE............  97/1985............... 102
VANCOUVER............ 103/1926............... 104


WOLFE

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