Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
Issued by NWS Pendleton, OR
803 FNUS76 KPDT 201308 FWSPDT Spot Forecast for Gurard School Live fire...USFS National Weather Service Pendleton OR 608 AM PDT Thu Jun 20 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PDT on June 20. ***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...A surface thermal trough will move over the region becoming strongest on Saturday. The trough will bring very warm and dry conditions across the area causing poor daytime RH values with only moderate overnight recoveries. Winds will be diurnally driven and mostly light and below 10 mph, so there are no fire weather concerns for the next few days. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....83-86. Min humidity........15-20 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 8 mph early in the morning. Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming northeast 6 to 9 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 16 mph. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. TIME (PDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Temp............60 67 75 81 83 82 RH..............42 34 28 22 20 19 20 ft wind......N 4 NE 5 NE 8 NE 8 NE 8 NE 6 20 ft wind gust. 10 12 12 12 10 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....59-62. Max humidity........38-43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest early in the evening, then becoming light overnight. Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest early in the evening, then becoming light overnight. Mixing height.......900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North around 9 mph decreasing to 6 to 8 mph late in the evening. Haines Index........2 to 3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 90. Min humidity........15-20 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 8 mph late in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......Light winds becoming northeast 6 to 9 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North around 6 mph shifting to the east 6 to 7 mph early in the morning, then shifting to the north late in the afternoon. Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Bennese Requested by...Andrew Bellairs Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2416420.0/PDT .DELDT 06/20/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Andrew.s.bellairs@usda.gov,richard.lancaster@usda.gov