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Spot Forecast for Canteen RX Patrol...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
822 PM PDT Fri Apr 12 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 2000 PDT on April 12.
***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 conditions will persist through the period as a
system tracks well south of the fire area. A warming and drying
trend will ensue through the weekend, with highs on both Saturday
and Sunday breaking into the mid-60s (10 degrees warmer than
Friday). Excellent overnight recoveries each night, with min RH`s
on Saturday similar to Friday before dropping 10-15% on Sunday.
Winds will be light and terrain driven Saturday, eventually 2 to 4
mph out of the southeast in the afternoon. Winds increase
overnight into Sunday morning out of the northwest, with gusts of
25 to 35 mph by late morning and extending through the evening.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....39-42.
Max humidity........72-77 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northwest overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL early in the evening.
Transport winds.....Light winds.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....65-68.
Min humidity........41-46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southeast 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....South around 5 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....43-46.
Max humidity........64-69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 7 to 13 mph with gusts up
                    to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL in the evening.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....63-66.
Min humidity........27-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 17 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 15 to 23 mph with gusts
                    up to 35 mph peaking late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 16 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Callihan
Requested by...Derrick Thomas
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410580.0/PDT
.DELDT 04/12/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Derrick.Thomas@usda.gov