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Spot Forecast for Bowles Command...Benton Fire1
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
311 PM PDT Sun Apr 21 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 PDT on April 21.
***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...Pressure differences between a ridge building offshore
and a system departing to the east will keep winds breezy into early
evening before becoming light. Sunny and dry conditions expected the
next couple of days with a warming and drying trend. Winds will be
lighter tomorrow and Tuesday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....66.
Min humidity........19-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West to northwest winds 8 to 14 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West to northwest winds 10 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......8200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West winds 12 to 14 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

TIME (PDT)      4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM
Temp............64  65  63  62  59  54  52  50  48  46  45  42
RH..............26  26  27  31  37  42  45  49  54  57  61  64
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..12  11  11  11  8   8   8   8   8   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  10  10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....35-38.
Max humidity........66-71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 11 mph becoming light late in
                    the night.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 6 to 13 mph becoming light late in
                    the night.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL early in the evening becoming near
                    surface.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 11 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Perry
Requested by...M. Harris
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2411638.0/PDT
.DELDT 04/21/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL mharris@fcfd3.org