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Spot Forecast for South Fork...USFS
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
633 PM PDT Thu Jun 27 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 PDT on June 27.
***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 flat ridge of high pressure will move over the
region Friday and Saturday providing period of warm and dry
conditions. Winds will decrease this evening then becoming
southeast on Friday. Clouds will begin to increase Friday
night into Saturday ahead of the next approaching system.
This will begin to turn the winds back to westerly late
Saturday.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....43-46.
Max humidity........79-84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 10 mph becoming light and
                    variable after sunset.
Ridgetop wind.......West to northwest 10 to 15 mph decreasing to
                    5 to 10 mph overnight
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL then becoming near surface
                    overnight.
Transport winds.....West around 15 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (45-55 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........40-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light and variable becoming upslope 2 to 5
                    mph midday.
Ridgetop wind.......West to northwest 4 to 8 mph switching to
                    southeast midday.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 10 mph switching to south
                    midday.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....47-51.
Max humidity........55-65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope 2 to 5 mph turning light and
                    variable around sunset.
Ridgetop wind.......South to southeast 3 to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 5 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........44-49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming upslope 2 to 5 mph
                    midday.
Ridgetop wind.......South 3 to 8 mph becoming west in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Solomon
Requested by...Francesca Smith
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 06/27/24
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.EMAIL wacwc@firenet.gov