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Spot Forecast for Irene Rinehart FIre...Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
441 PM PDT Wed Jun 12 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on June 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 are expected through Friday.
Breezy northwest winds are expected through the evening, but
then should decrease overnight tonight and through Thursday.
Winds should then increase again late Thursday night into Friday.

MIN RH values on Thursday will be around 15 to 20 percent with
moderate recovery tonight and moderate to good recovery Thursday
night.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....46-49.
Max humidity........47-52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts 25 to 30 mph
                    early.  Decreasing to 5 to 10 mph overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts 25 to 30 mph early,
                    becoming southerly and decreasing to 5 to 10 mph by daybreak.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 16 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....80-83.
Min humidity........14-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......South to southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 5 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........54-59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph, with gusts 25 to 35 mph by
                    morning.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds becoming west and increasing to 25 to 30 mph
                    with gusts as high as 35 mph by daybreak.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 22 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

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Forecaster...Nierenberg
Requested by...KVFR/Chris
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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