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Spot Forecast for Rocky 79...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
516 AM PDT Sun Jun 9 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on June 09.
***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...With a frontal boundary passing across, flow should
become predominantly northwesterly to at times westerly today,
shifting fully to westerly by tomorrow. Gusty winds anticipated
today, with breezes around 25 mph anticipated. This system should
also present a low probability risk of showers, with a less than
20% chance at quick rain near the site. Breezes are expected to
lessen notably tomorrow as skies clear out.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (5-15 percent). Slight chance of showers
                    in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....79-82.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 7 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 28 mph
late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 16 mph.
Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Temp............60     63     69     74     78     79
RH..............54     50     44     38     35     35
20 ft wind......NW 6   NW 6   NW 6   NW 7   NW 11  NW 11
20 ft wind gust.7      7      7      10     17     17

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....51-54.
Max humidity........64-69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph
                    in the evening.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 7 to 14 mph. Gusts up to 28 mph
in the evening.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 16 mph.
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....80-83.
Min humidity........17-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West winds 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 to 9 mph.
Haines Index........2 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s. West
winds around 6 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. West
winds around 6 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.

$$
Forecaster...Goatley
Requested by...Andrew Bellairs
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2415667.3/PDT
.DELDT 06/09/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL richard.lancaster@usda.gov,andrew.s.bellairs@usda.gov