Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
304 FNUS76 KPDT 070002 FWSPDT Spot Forecast for Rocky 79...USFS National Weather Service Pendleton OR 502 PM PDT Thu Jun 6 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1700 PDT on June 06. ***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...An upper-level ridge of high pressure over the PacNW will persist through Friday resulting in light, diurnally and terrain-driven winds, above-normal afternoon temperatures, and low afternoon RHs. Overnight RH recovery is expected to be on the upper end of moderate to low end of good. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....83-85. Min humidity........22-25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East-northeast 3-5 mph, becoming drainage 2-4 mph this evening. Ridgetop wind.......East-northeast 3-5 mph. Mixing height.......4500-5000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 4-6 mph. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (PDT) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM Temp............83 78 68 63 61 57 RH..............25 34 44 51 52 57 20 ft wind......ENE 5 VRB 5 VRB 3 NW 3 NW 2 NW 2 20 ft wind gust.10 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....55-58. Max humidity........56-61 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Drainage winds 2-4 mph. Ridgetop wind.......East-northeast 2-4 mph. Mixing height.......Decreasing to 400-800 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....West 4-6 mph. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....86-89. Min humidity........23-28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Becoming upslope, up-valley 3-5 mph in the morning. Northeast 5-8 mph late morning through afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......Becoming upslope, up-valley 3-5 mph in the morning. Northeast 6-9 mph late morning through afternoon. Mixing height.......Increasing to 3800-4300 ft AGL by afternoon. Transport winds.....Becoming east-northeast 5-8 mph early in the morning. Haines Index........3 to 5 or very low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Plunkett Requested by...Andrew Bellairs Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415667.1/PDT .DELDT 06/06/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL andrew.s.bellairs@usda.gov,richard.lancaster@usda.gov