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Spot Forecast for Wanaket RX...Bureau of Indian  Affairs - Umatilla Agency
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
412 AM PDT Thu Apr 11 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on April 11.
***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...Clouds move in today and should help to temper
daytime highs to around 70 today and tomorrow. Winds should remain
light, around 5 to 10 mph both today and tomorrow as well, while
westerly to southwesterly today and then shifting to southeasterly
and then northerly by late tomorrow morning. No precipitation is
expected at the burn area today or tomorrow.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........28-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the west
                    5 to 10 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds becoming west 6 to 12 mph late in
                    the morning.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (PDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
Temp............47  51  58  60  64  66  67  68  68  66  64  62
RH..............60  52  46  43  38  36  35  33  33  34  39  44
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   7   7   7   10  10  10  10  10  10  8
20 FT wind gust.        8   8   8   12  12  12  12  12  12  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....46-49.
Max humidity........70-75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 5 to 6 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL in the evening then 500 ft AGL
                    overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 12 mph decreasing to 6 to 7 mph
                    overnight.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........38-43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    southwest early in the morning, then shifting
                    to the north 5 to 10 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....South around 6 mph shifting to the west around
                    5 mph early in the morning, then shifting to
                    the northeast 6 to 9 mph late in the morning.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Goatley
Requested by...Sydney Thompson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410088.2/PDT
.DELDT 04/11/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL SydneyThompson@ctuir.org