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Spot Forecast for Klone 1 RX...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
301 AM PDT Thu May 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on May 23.
***Thunderstorms imply gusty and erratic winds***
***Winds are 20 foot 10-minute averages***
***CWR-Chance of wetting rain 0.10 or greater***

If you have questions or concerns with this forecast, please
contact our office at (541) 276-8134.

.DISCUSSION...Dry weather is expected today and tonight.  An
approaching system will bring low rain chances on Friday.
Winds are generally expected to be 10 mph or less.  MIN RH
values will be 25 to 30 percent today and higher on Friday
due to the approaching system (35 to 45 percent).  Overnight
RH recovery will be excellent.



.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....63-66.
Min humidity........24-29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 7 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......7600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 6 mph in the morning becoming
                    light, then becoming northwest 6 to 7 mph late
                    in the afternoon.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Temp............31     38     47     56     61     63
RH..............90     77     55     37     31     29
20 ft wind......S 4    SW 4   SW 4   W 4    N 6    N 6
20 ft wind gust.6      6      6      7      10     10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....36-39.
Max humidity........88-93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 7 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Ridgetop wind.......North to northeast winds 5 to 10 mph becoming
                    northwest by daybreak.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 9 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers late in the morning. Chance of
                    rain showers late in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....59-62.
Min humidity........38-43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph late
                    in the morning.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northwest around 10 mph late in the morning.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Nierenberg
Requested by...Sean Carroll
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414910.1/PDT
.DELDT 05/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sean.carroll@usda.gov