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Spot Forecast for Cole Creek Fire...Washington Department of Natural Resources
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
649 PM PDT Mon Sep 16 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 PDT on September 16.
***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 forecast through Tuesday morning,
then chance of rain showers in the afternoon before dry conditions
return for Wednesday. Winds will increase in magnitude out of the
northwest Tuesday.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....46-49.
Max humidity........91-96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6-10 mph, gusting to 15 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-northwest winds 10-14 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 200-500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....West around 12 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

TIME (PDT)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
Temp............55     51     50     49     48     46
RH..............77     84     81     81     87     89
20 ft wind......W 7    W 7    W 6    W 6    W 6    W 7
20 ft wind gust.14     11     11     11     11     12

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers in the afternoon.
CWR.................1 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....58-61.
Min humidity........65-70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-northwest winds 10-14 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-northwest winds 14-19 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 1500-2000 ft AGL by late morning.
Transport winds.....West around 17 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Rain showers
                    likely in the evening, then slight chance of
                    rain showers overnight.
CWR.................30 percent in the evening.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....49-52.
Max humidity........95-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-northwest winds 9-14 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......West-northwest winds 14-19 mph, gusting to 20-25 mph.
Mixing height.......900-1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 20 mph.
Haines Index........2 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

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Forecaster...Plunkett
Requested by...Edson Amezcua Gutierrez
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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