Cell Development Near Terrain - Little Lightning/Prob Severe Detection.

The radar image from Pendleton, OR below shows a cell developing in north central Klickitat County. The cursor readout shows 57 dBZ at 2144 UTC. There was another cell that developed in nearly the same spot over the past hour.

The image below shows the topography of the area, with the cursor readout showing a local high point in that general area, with an elevation of 5,760 feet. This shows that local terrain is helping induce these cells in that same general spot. There is little to no lightning detected with this cell, and the Prob Severe is 0%. This may be due to the more sparse lightning detection in that part of the country. Still, neat to see orographic convection develop! JJW