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Spot Forecast for Limber Jim 601...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
217 PM PDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1500 PDT on April 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 through the period.
Light winds are expected through the day today and into tonight,
but will increase during Wednesday afternoon.

MIN RH values will be about 15 to 25% for the remainder of this
afternoon but will be higher on Wednesday, from about 25 to 35%,
with good recovery expected tonight.



.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....65-68.
Min humidity........18-23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......North to northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........64-69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Ridgetop wind.......North winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph by morning.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....61-64.
Min humidity........28-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in
                    the afternoon with gusts 15 to 20 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest
                    and increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
                    Gusts as high as 20 mph possible in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Nierenberg
Requested by...Scott Gallagher
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412059.0/PDT
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL scott.gallagher@usda.gov